Client Safety and Risk Management

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  1. Identify how different aspects of client safety are prioritized based on the unit: emergency and mental health
  2. Understand the limited use of non-quantitative measures of client safety
  3. Explore the role of documentation and a means to measure trends – focus on NSI (nursing specific indicators) related to client safety and risk management
  4. Understand various quality assurance initiatives within the hospital setting that are used for client safety and risk management

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Professional Practice in Nursing: Part II Copyright © 2022 by Kateryna Metersky; Roya Haghiri-Vijeh; Jasmine Balakumaran; Oona St-Amant; Leigh Dybenko; Emilene Reisdorfer; Linda Scott; and Anita Jennings is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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