An unexpected or sudden event that disrupts an organization's ability to provide care or increases demand for hospice services.
What is an Emergency?
100
Organization defines staff qualifications specific to identified job responsibilities.
What is a job description?
100
Individuals responsible for infection prevention in the clinical setting.
Who is everyone?
100
Quantity of patient identifiers to improve accuracy of identity.
What is two?
100
Physician calls intake coordinator and states, "I have a patient for hospice."
What is a referral?
200
A type of complex emergency that threatens a hospice organization's ability to sustain patient care.
What is a disaster?
200
Verification a registered nurse is legally able to practice as a registered nurse.
What is a license?
200
Geographic location, community and populations served are ways for staff to acquire and spread infections.
What is infection risks?
200
Acronym for type of communication to give a detailed thorough report.
What is the S-BAR?
200
Quantity of time that certifies the patient's life expectancy is hospice "appropriate".
What is less than or equal to 6 months?
300
The organization identifies in writing its coordination of communications, resources, staff and patient clinical and support activities during an emergency.
What is an Emergency Operations Plan?
300
Prior to hire, human resources assesses a candidate for documented illegal activities.
What is a criminal background check?
300
Surveillance activities and identification of infections are documented here.
What is infection control log/data?
300
Review of prescribed and over the counter medications and other complementary treatments on each patient encounter (by a nurse).
What is medication reconciliation?
300
Determination of what care, treatment or services will meet the patient's initial and continuing needs.
What is assessment?
400
One of two emergency management phases that occur during and after an emergency.
What is response or recovery?
400
The preferred amount of experience a registered nurse has to be a home health/hospice nurse?
What is at least one year?
400
JC surveyor observed only this portion of the hands being cleansed with hand sanitizer.
What is plantar surfaces?
400
Hospital or community acquired infections that can occur anywhere.
What is HAI (Healthcare-associated infection)?
400
The registered nurse writes medication orders on own.
What is practicing outside of the Illinois registered nurse license?
500
the organization identifies in writing, the potential emergencies that could affect its ability to provide services and the likely consequences of those emergencies.
What is a hazard vulnerability analysis?
500
The ability to use specific skills and apply the knowledge necessary to perform their jobs is assessed by a an individual with like educational background and knowledge.
What is competence?
500
Education and goals are set to minimize the possibility of spreading infections.
What is hand hygiene guidelines (WHO)?
500
Misuse of or lack of safety with the 8th element on the Periodic Table can be fatal.
What is oxygen?
500
The four core components of the care process that support the provision of care, treatment or services.
What is assessment, planning, providing care and coordinating care?