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Near Miss, Adverse & Sentinel Events

Near Miss, Adverse & Sentinel Events

Define quality
Use the textbook:
Rubenfeld, M. G., & Scheffer, B. K. (2010). Critical thinking tactics for nurses: Achieving the IOM competencies (pp. 91-131). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
and one other resources, but do not quote
Define safety
Use the textbook and one other resources, but do not quote
Identify current medical errors numbers
Use an official government or medical site as your resource (See Box 5-1, page 114)
Differentiate the terms: “near miss”, “adverse event” and “sentinal event”
Do not quote the book
Describe a “near miss”, an “adverse event” or a “sentinal event” that you know of from your experience or your reading.
Describe how critical thinking was or was not used during and after the error.
Discuss how a nurse could apply the 17 dimensions of critical thinking that were used in the self check list in Unit 1 Lesson 3 to avoid this error.
Write a three page paper, using two peer reviewed references.

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