Section: 4.1 - Client Safety | Fundamentals of Nursing | NextGenU.org

  • Student Learning Objectives:

    • Define the term "client safety".
    • State the prevalence of client harm due to adverse events and unsafe care.
    • Detail the most concerned client safety situations.
    • Describe the International Patient Safety Goals (IPSG) to ensure the safe delivery of care to clients.
    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 12 minutes.

    • Required Learning Resources and Activities
    • Read the contents under the section "Key facts to the burden of harm." (7 minutes)

      World Health Organization (WHO)

    • Read units “5.2: Basic safety concepts," "5.3: Safety strategies," "5.5: National patient safety goals" and "5.6: preventing falls." ( 24 minutes)

    • Read the entire page. (1 minute)

      Joint Commission International (JCI), 2017

    • Read the entire page. (40 minutes)

      The Joint Commission, 2021

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