Which example(s) demonstrate patient care that reflects knowledge of the National Patient Safety Goals? (Select all that apply.)
a. Identifying the patient prior to medication administration by asking the patient to state his or her name.
b. Reporting any sentinel event to the facili-ty's quality assurance team.
c. Assessing the patient's heartrate prior to administration of digoxin.
d. Performing hand hygiene prior to per-forming a patient assessment.
e. Documenting the appropriate time of me-dication administration.
C, D, E
Assessing the patient's heart rate prior to administration of digoxin demonstrates knowledge of medication actions and prevention of adverse effects; hand hygiene is required before any patient care, including assessment; and documentation of the time of medication administration is ne-cessary to prevent medication errors. To meet National Patient Safety Goals, the nurse must use at least two methods of patient identification prior to medication administration. Reporting a sen-tinel event is required but demonstrates that National Patient Safety Goals were not met.
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