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Thank you for signing up to receive RN Certified Practice updates from NNPBC. Please provide your name, e-mail address, and your area of Certified Practice using the form below. This distribution list is open to Certified Practice RNs and those who supervise and/or support Certified Practice RNs.
 

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Risk:

The probability or likelihood of harm occurring based on clinical knowledge and experience. Risk assessments are inherently subjective.

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Harm:

The result of a hazard that holds the potential to cause negative outcomes to a patient’s physiological, psychological, or emotional well-being. Harm encompasses individual and societal quality dimensions including considerations pertaining to equity and access to care.

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Urgency:

The time interval that dictates when changes ought to occur to prevent untoward, preventable, or unnecessary harm and risk. Urgency is based on harm and risk assessments.
 

Urgent: The level of potential degree of harm is severe or moderate.
 
Non-urgent: Level of harm is not expected to yield negative health outcomes but could be improved based on the most recent available evidence.
 

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Funtional Status:

A person’s ability to carry out routine activities of daily living, and the extent of participation in life situations at the time of treatment provision.

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