Oxygen & Home Devices
This must be present before oxygen is administered to a patient.
What is a valid oxygen order?
Before entering an isolation room, staff must put on this correctly, even during emergencies.
What is appropriate PPE.
A trash can must have this before trash is placed in it.
What is a trash bag or liner.
PRN pain medication should match this specified range in the administration instructions.
What is the ordered pain scale?
For a Braden score below this number, turning every two hours must be documented.
What is 18?
True or false: An oxygen connector may be reused for the next patient if wiped down.
What is false? It is single-patient use and discarded on discharge.
These shipping containers should never be stored in a clean supply area.
What is corrugated cardboard.
Staff must do this to movable equipment between patients.
What is clean it.
Pain must be reassessed and documented within this long after pain medication is administered.
What is one hour?
Nonviolent restraint documentation is due at this interval.
What is every 2 hours (Q2H)?
This clinician must order a patient’s home CPAP/BiPAP for use in the hospital.
Who is the provider? (A nurse may enter a telephone order.)
Used biohazardous material goes in a bag of this color, per biohazard instructions.
What is red.
A rusty or damaged device should be handled this way rather than kept in service.
What is remove it from use for repair or replacement.
Insulin must be administered within this many minutes of checking blood glucose, according to the presentation.
What is 30 minutes?
A nonviolent restraint order must be renewed this often.
What is each calendar day?
A home CPAP/BiPAP order cannot be entered using this type of note or order.
What is a nursing communication?
For a patient with suspected or confirmed infection, this is needed in addition to an isolation banner.
What is an isolation order?
These two examples of patient-owned mobility equipment must be vetted by hospital staff before use.
What are wheelchairs and crutches.
During admission, these home medication records must be assessed and marked completed.
What are prior-to-admission (PTA) medications?
Violent restraint documentation and order renewal have these respective intervals.
What are every 15 minutes (Q15) and every 4 hours?
These two departments evaluate a patient’s home CPAP/BiPAP, including inspection and electrical safety.
What are Respiratory Therapy (RT) and Biomed? (RT obtains the patient disclosure signature; Biomed evaluates plugged-in devices.)
These wipes are required in the presentation for cleaning equipment used on a patient with C. diff.
What are bleach wipes?
This organization accredits the hospital and conducts annual surveys.
What is DNV?
A patient’s pain score is outside the prescribed PRN indication. The nurse should do this instead of giving the medication outside its instructions.
What is follow the medication administration instructions and clarify an appropriate order with the provider?
Chemical restraint documentation follows this schedule: before administration, then this interval three times, then this interval until discontinued by the provider.
What are Q5 minutes × 3 and Q15 minutes?