Things you want to tell patients to remove prior to a ____.
(Jewelry, Hairpins, Eyeglasses, Watches, Wigs, Dentures, Hearing aids, Underwire bras)
What is MRI?
100
The watery fluid that prepares food for swallowing and initiates the process of digestion
What is saliva?
100
Cleaning agent that must be used if a patient has C-diff
What is bleach?
100
Examples include: qd, qod, u, MgSO4, .8 (missing the leading zero)
What is the abbreviations from the "Do Not Use" list?
200
Any unplanned landing on the floor, including a patient being assisted to the floor by the nursing staff.
What is the definition of a fall?
200
A small device placed in the chest or abdomen to help control abnormal heart rhythms
What is a pacemaker?
200
The longest bone in an adult human
What is the femur?
200
PPE that must be worn to enter a patient room with Contact Precautions
What are gown and gloves?
200
A History and Physical must be completed within how many hours of admission for an inpatient?
What is 24hours?
300
Enter fall in RL Solutions (identify if it's with injury or not), Notify MD and Hospital Supervisor.
What is the process for reporting a fall?
300
This is inserted into a woman's uterus to prevent pregnancy
What is an IUD?
300
The four lobes of the brain
What are the temporal lobe, the parietal lobe, the occipital lobe and the frontal lobe?
300
The #1 way to prevent the spread of hospital acquired infections?
What is HANDWASHING?
300
Two new Meaningful Use requirements in the Patient Profile to be completed
What are 1. Verify consent for medication history and
2. Enter patient preferred pharmacy
400
People over this age are 4-5x more likely to be admitted to a long-term care facility after a fall
What is age 75?
400
Used to alleviate severe build up of fluid in a patients middle ear that can't be cured by medication
What are ear tubes?
400
The number of bones that make up the adult skeletal system
What is 206 bones?
400
Type of precaution used for a patient with TB or chicken pox
What is Airborne Precautions?
400
During a time-out, team members must agree on these three items or a Safety Double Check is performed
What is correct patient, correct procedure, correct site
500
The proactive process UPHS is using to promote patient safety and improve satisfaction. This strategy of checking on patient needs effectively reduces call light use by 38%, patient falls by 50% and skin breakdown by 14% while simultaneously increasing satisfaction scores.
What is hourly rounding?
500
Small tubes inserted into any artery that supplies blood to the heart, used to open up the artery to allow better flow of blood
What are coronary stents?
500
I make enzymes and squirt it into the small intestine
What is the pancreas?
500
Three most common blood borne pathogens contracted from needle sticks
What is Hepatitis B, C, and HIV?
500
Plan of care: Risk of ______ related to decreased LOC, seizures, altered mobility or alcohol use, for example