EA: Nurse Leader
EA-04: Risk Management
No.
Competency Item
NAC
DEV
COM
DTE
EXC
EA-04-01
Demonstrate ability to apply critical thinking and clinical judgment when assessing or managing risk.
EA-04-02
Demonstrate knowledge and ability to identify the categories of risks within a health care organization such as patient / client /resident, visitors, staff and environment.
EA-04-03
Demonstrate ability to differentiate between legal, ethical, quality, safety, and life threatening risk situations.
EA-04-04
Demonstrate ability to use appropriate channels of communication to report risks within the setting.
EA-04-05
Demonstrate ability to act as a client advocate in risk situations.
EA-04-06
Demonstrate ability to intervene as appropriate to ensure that actions are taken to prevent, eliminate, and / or minimize risk.
EA-04-07
Demonstrate ability to recognize a client's own choice in risk situations and facilitate completion of appropriate documentation.
EA-04-08
Demonstrate ability to report and document areas of risk management within agency policy.