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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.
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