Attendance
Request this when you want to take time off from work. All requests must be made before the scheduling period opens.
What is PTO?
What is timecard fraud?
Locate a patient's pronouns in this area of Epic.
What is the storyboard?
The name of the flowsheet you'll document in during a sitting shift.
What is BH FP?
Call this using the extension 8-1111 for a patient who is threatening physically violence or if you feel physically or psychologically threatened.
What is a code gray?
For hours outside of regularly scheduled shifts you'll need to add one of these. It cannot be used in place of clocking in and out for 12 hour shifts though.
What is an exception log?
BHA/BHS uniform includes a gray scrub top and gray or black scrub bottoms. Hats, fleece sweatshirts, sweatpants and earbuds are not allowed per this policy.
What is dress code?
This is posted on the door to a patient's room if the patient has an Intellectual and Developmental Disability diagnosis.
What is a sunflower?
If a patient becomes violently escalated during your shift, you'll write a significant event note using this type of phrase?
What is a dot.BHP phrase?
You notice your patient's behaviors beginning to escalate because you recognize these behaviors from the code gray that was called yesterday. You are proactive, so you call this resource to help you manage before a code gray happens.
What is the IP roamer team?
You're hoping to pick up overtime. You'll check Liz's email to find out if this is available. If it is, you'll navigate to this calendar and pick up the date and time that you'd like to work over your scheduled FTE.
What is a TASC shift?
The day before your scheduled shift, you begin to feel ill. You need to call in sick how many hours prior to the start of your shift to avoid corrective action?
What is 4 hours?
Establishing these with a patient helps protect against inappropriate clinician relationships. Consistency with these is crucial for a patient's plan of care. A patient might cross these if they've been in the hospital for a long time.
What are boundaries?
Use this in Epic to find the most updated behavioral care plan.
What is the FYI flag?
You come on shift, open the BH FP flowsheet and read the Broset Violence Checklist documented by the primary RN. You have a question about the patient, who do you reach out to first?
Who is the RN?
This many "occurrences", also known as tardy's, account for 1 absence.
What is 3?
Explanations of events circulating from person to person pertaining to an event on shift is a rumor. Casual conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true is gossip. We have this kind of tolerance around these two concepts.
What is zero tolerance?
This type of precaution is ordered for patients at risk of carrying out a plan to end their own life. Only the Psych team or provider MD team can discontinue this type of precaution. This is important to be aware of if a nurse ever asks this of you, as it is not in the BHA/BHS scope.
What are At Risk precautions (Suicidal Ideation/SI)?
Read this documentation by the RN to learn what behaviors they have assessed.
What is the Broset Violence Checklist?
The primary RN, the charge RN, an IP roamer and security will respond to a code gray if you need support for your patient. If verbal de-escalation is unsuccessful, the code gray team may use these types of restraints for a patient.
What are rigid restraints?
If you're told by the charge RN that you are not needed for the remainder of the shift, you are not permitted to leave without calling this office to confirm that you are not needed elsewhere in the hospital. They may re-allocate you partway through your scheduled shift.
What is the staffing office?
Call this person if you have a work related or personal concern to escalate.
Who is a BH charge or Liz Klatt?
This, also known as secondary traumatic stress, is when a person is indirectly exposed to trauma of another through seeing a first hand account of it. Other examples of this might be compassion fatigue and burnout.
What is vicarious trauma?
You come on shift and get report. You find out the patient had multiple code grays during the shift before yours. You'll look for this type of note in the chart to learn how to manage disruptive behavior.
What is a stay safe huddle note?
Respecting personal space, presenting with neutral body language, establishing verbal contact, being concise, identifying the patients wants and feelings, listening closely and setting clear limits are all ways to do this for a patient.
What is de-escalate?