Adverse nursing events are those that result in the death of a patient, a prolonged hospital stay, or leaving the hospital with some degree of incapacitation as a result of health care practices. They are categorized as preventable and non-preventable adverse events.
Adverse nursing event grading includes: level 1 adverse events, level 2 nursing adverse events, and level 3 nursing adverse events.
1, the first level of adverse events: refers to the patient has been tissue and organ damage, disability, death and other serious nursing adverse events.
2, secondary care adverse events: refers to the nursing event has caused serious pain to the patient, can be divided into no harm, mild harm, moderate harm, severe harm, etc..
3, tertiary care adverse events: refers to the nursing adverse events did not really happen or the adverse events did not have a significant impact on the patient, or it may be non-nursing behavior caused by adverse events.
Adverse nursing eventsmainly include:
1, patient falls, medication errors, wandering, misuse of suction or asphyxiation, burns, and other nursing accidents related to patient safety during hospitalization.
2. Diagnostic or therapeutic errors resulting in serious complications, unnatural death, serious functional impairment, prolonged hospitalization, or increased hospitalization costs and other medical events for the patient.
3. Serious adverse drug reactions or adverse blood transfusion reactions.
4. Damage to patients or medical personnel due to medical devices or medical equipment.
6. Serious nosocomial infection.
7, outpatient emergency, defense, information and other related adverse events.
Refer to: Baidu Encyclopedia - Nursing Adverse Events