Patient Identification
Communication
Infection
Safety Risks
Medication Safety
100
How many identifiers are used for providing care, treatment, or services?
What is "Two"
100
What two things must you do when verifying verbal orders & results received by telephone or in person.
What is "Write down and Read back"
100
How long must someone wash their hands with soap and water.
What is "15 seconds" or "while singing Happy Birthday"
100
Use only ______ abbreviations.
What is "standardized or approved"
100
Needs to be reconciled on admission.
What is "Medications and allergies"
200
What two identifiers can be used to accurately identify a patient?
What is "Verbal stating of name, date of birth, or scan bar code on arm band"
200
Can a critical result be left on a voice mail.
What is "No"
200
What protective equipment is used for isolation patients.
What is "Gown, gloves, and masks"
200
Desensitization of alarms
What is "alarm fatigue"
200
Another time during the patient's hospitalization that medications would have to be reconciled.
What is "transfers and at discharge"
300
How many identifiers are needed for blood administration?
What is "Three"
300
Who can take a critical result via telephone regarding an inpatient on the floor.
What is "RN"
300
When do we need items such as overbed table, night stand, or cables for heart monitor in rooms be cleaned?
What is "After each patient use"
300
Who can be called for rapid response when you are concerned there has been a change in your patient?
What is "Rapid response team"
300
This lab needs to be drawn before giving coumadin
What is "Protime and INR"
400
What is the purpose of bedside hand off?
What is "So new caregiver can ask questions and receive answers."
400
Who would you call if physician is not answering?
What is "Coordinator/Manager/Supervisor" (Line of Authority policy)
400
How can we prevent catheter associated UTIs
What is "D/C Foley catheter ASAP, keep bag low free flowing, maintain sterility, securing foley correctly" .
400
Measures can you take for fall prevention.
What is "Bed alarms, tab alarms, Fall Stop sign, education, frequent rounding"
400
Preferred location for subcutaneous heparin
What is "abdomen"
500
How can documented orders, laboratory forms, work lists, consents, etc. be compared or matched.
With verbal response or armband identifiers
500
Critical results must be communicated within ______ to a licensed provider.
What is "60 minutes"
500
This new device goes on central lines to prevent infection.
What is "swab cap"
500
How can you identify patients at risk for suicide?
By doing a risk assessment
500
Needed at discharge for patients going home on medication.
Reconciliation, give & explain the final list at discharge and document
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