Patient Experience & Communication
The healthcare communication framework that stands for Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explain, and Thank.
What is AIDET
The most vital, cost-effective activity a caregiver can do to prevent the spread of infection before and after every single patient contact.
What is washing your hands?
On a standard numeric scale, a patient reporting their pain at this level is classified as experiencing severe pain
What is an 8 to 10 out of 10?
Legally and ethically, this individual always sits at the absolute center of the healthcare system and care-planning process.
Who is the patient?
his hospital-wide policy states that every staff member must answer a ringing call light, regardless of whether that patient is assigned to them
No Pass Zone
This acronym guides your immediate actions during a facility fire: Rescue, Alarm, Confine, Extinguish.
What is RACE?
The name of the artery located in the neck that you should never palpate on both sides at the same time.
What is the carotid artery?
The foundational elements required for diverse healthcare disciplines to effectively collaborate on a patient case.
What are communication and teamwork?
These two environmental components can be directly controlled by nurses and housekeeping to enhance a patient's sleep and healing.
What are cleanliness and quietness?
To protect your spinal alignment and prevent injury when lifting a heavy patient, your feet should be placed here.
To protect your spinal alignment and prevent injury when lifting a heavy patient, your feet should be placed here.
This specific visual assessment acronym stands for Pupils Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light.
What is PERRL?
This specific therapist is called in to evaluate and treat patients who have trouble with speech or swallowing following a stroke.
Who is a Speech-Language Pathologist (or Speech Therapist)?
When documenting a patient's stated reason for seeking care, the entry should be written this way to avoid bias.
What is in the patient’s own words using quotation marks?
This specific type of transmission precaution requires caregivers to wear an N95 respirator before entering the patient's room (e.g., for Tuberculosis).
What are Airborne Precautions?
The medical term for a heart rate that drops significantly below the normal range, typically under 60 beats per minute.
What is bradycardia?
This federal law mandates that patients be actively informed of their right to make medical decisions, including creating advance directives?
What is the Patient Self-Determination Act?
When a patient is receiving education about a new medication, these four critical details must be clearly explained.
What are the name, purpose, dosage, and side effects?
This type of medical consent is assumed when a patient voluntarily extends their arm for a blood pressure reading or a blood draw.
What is Implied Consent?
When assessing a patient's respiratory system, these normal, clear breath sounds are typically heard over the outer periphery of the lungs.
What are vesicular breath sounds?
Unlike the patient's medical information, which belongs to the patient, the actual physical or electronic medical record itself is legally owned by this entity.
Who is the physician or the healthcare facility?