Researching Research
Inside the Hospital
It's So Intense!
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Follow the Guidelines
100

Reading this should give you a good idea of what the research article is about.

What is the abstract?

100

Scenario:  Recognizing your buddy's mother is scheduled for an echocardiogram in the lab this day.

What is HIPAA?

100
One of the first things to look at when entering an ICU patient room to determine baseline patient status.

What is the bedside monitor?

100

Hospital acquired infections.

What is a nosocomial infection?

100

Three factors that guide safe exposure to ionizing radiation.

What are time, distance and shielding?

200

Research data will often be represented by graphs in this section of the research journal article.

What is the results section?

200

Scenario:  Putting on a lead apron before entering the Cath Lab while fluoroscopy is being used.

What is radiation safety?

200

Equipment designed to assist the patient's respiratory function.

What is mechanical ventilation?

200

A group of infection prevention practices that apply to all patients, regardless of their infection status.

What are standard precautions?

200

A sign on the patient's door identifying the need for gloves and a cover gown.

What are contact precautions?

300

A good question to consider when looking at the ethics of the research study.

What is the funding source of the study?

300

Scenario:  After assisting a patient to use the restroom before their exam.

What is infection control or standard precautions?

300

Access that provides an hemodynamic waveform on the patient monitor with systolic and diastolic values close to the BP cuff values.

What is an arterial line?

300

Examples include MRSA and KPC.

What are multi-drug resistant organisms?

300

An announcement made at the hospital indicating an adult medical emergency.

What is a code blue?
400

When neither the patient nor the physician knows whether the patient got the active therapy, which helps to ensure unbiased findings.

What is a double blind trial?

400

Scenario:  Knowing where the nearest fire extinguisher is in your department in case there is a hospital code called.

What is a code red?

400

The line in the patient's internal jugular vein that provides RA pressure and access?

What is CVP (central venous pressure)?

400

An organism not killed by alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

What is clostridium difficile ("c.diff")?

400
The importance of removing all identifying patient data from medical images shared at conferences.

What is HIPAA?

500

Research has the potential to guide professionals to create these.

What are best practices?

500

Scenario:  You're in the ICU and you hear someone call out "X-ray!"

What is radiation safety?

500

Post CABG patient drainage system connected to suction.

What are chest tubes?

500

The most important practice to reduce transmission of infection in healthcare.

What is hand hygiene?

500

When it is important to know where the red plug (outlet) is placed in the patient room.

What is emergency power?

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