Roles and responsibilities
What needs to come first in medical facilitie?
The patient
List 5 hygiene requirements
Maintaining a clean professional appearance
hair must be pulled back and clean
wear the required uniform
no strong perfumes or body sprays
shower
What is medical jargon
Medical terms that the patient may not understand and frighten them
list 3 examples of biomedical variations
Skin color
hair color
body Structure
What is confidentiality
Maintaining the privacy of a patient
What is cross-training?
Versatile or an individual is trained to do a variety of things.
When done taking notes on a patient what should you do when done with the sheet
Discard/Throw away
What are the 3 styles of communication
Assertive
aggressive
unassertive
list 3 social practices
Language
religion
music
What is PSA
Practitioner-assisted suidcide
The patient care technician(PCT) may also be what?
A certified nursing assistant
To maintain a professional work environment what at all times be left outside of the hospital
Personal problems
rumors
personal calls or business
office politics
Why is documentation important
If the patient is having difficulty filing out paperwork what should you do
Ask the nurse for assistance
To practice safely, the health care team must be familiar with common what
Legal issues in health care
List 3 tasks that both a CNA and PCT can perform
Vital signs
oral care
hourly rounding
What are work ethics
It is a set of values centered on importance of work and manifested by determination or desire to work hard.
What does the acronym SBAR mean
Situation, background, assessment, and recommendations (report)
What is culture
The customs, arts, social intuitions, and achievements of a popular nation
finish the sentence
the breach of duty was the cause of the harm
Proximate
List 3 tasks that only the PCT can perform
Phlebotomy
urine diagnostic
electrocardiography
What is insubordination
The refusal to preform assigned tasks
can cause in employment termination
What does PHI mean, what are examples of it and why is it so important
Protected health information
examples are patients name, date of birth, and diagnosis
because it would violate HIPAA
What is ethnocentrism
Evaluation of other cultures
The PCT has the responsibility to practice within what
within the legal and ethical boundaries of practice