On-call Duties
The amount of time one has to reach hospital from point or receiving page.
What is 30 Minutes?
How long does a nurse have from time of death to reach out to chaplain?
What is 30 minutes?
How soon should SCP patient visits be charted?
What is on the same day?
Where can we find AMD's to print if we run out?
What is RGSTK under AMD information.
What is a Code Blue?
What type of deaths are chaplains expected to respond to?
What is All/Any?
What is the minimum amount of time spent with a pt that can be listed and charted.
What is 1 Minute?
Where do track every AMD consult?
What is the appropriate response when seeing a code blue on the pager while on-call.
What is wait 5 minutes then call Nurses Station on unit and ask if chaplain is or will be needed?
If there is no family present what are some things a chaplain should do?
What is provide prayer of commendation when appropriate to pt's faith tradition?
What is check on staff?
What should be done when a spiritual care partner makes a referral?
What is add pt to shift report for next day follow-up and make sure pt is seen. (If need is immediate, SCP should identify that)
When dealing with any AMD consult what tab needs to be opened and appropriately updated along with charting under Spiritual Care tab?
What is the Adv Care Plan tab?
What rooms are available for meeting with family during a crisis or death in the CCU?
What is the family consult room, conference room, CCU waiting room.
What is a chaplain's role during the Honor Walk for Organ Donors?
What is provide presence and prayer?
Who is tasked with guiding and affirming our spiritual care partners?
What is all of us? (Supervisor will have monthly supervision with SCP's, any concerns can be brought to Supervisor directly to be discussed during those times but staff chaplains have authority to provide gentle guidance to SCP's as needed beforehand)
What do we do with an AMD upon completing?
What is make copies, one goes directly in the chart, other copies are for listed decision makers, original goes to the patient directly. This should be confirmed in the charting.
What can be put on daily list when working alone or on a weekend?
What is any In-basket requests, consults, palliative pts and any patients 5 days and up that haven't been seen.
What does a chaplain do when they find out there was a death they weren't called to, chaplain was called to extremely late or deceased chart has already been closed.
Fill out a Missed Death Report and send to Supervisor.
How many patients should we add on list for Spiritual Care Partners?
15-20
Why are AMD's such an emphasized part of the chaplain's work.
What is revenue? AMD's are tracked and reimbursed. One of the few ways that chaplains bring in trackable revenue.