Documentation
The place that we document blood transfusions.
What is bridge?
Nurses from 7th floor that respond to an overhead call for help.
What is the code rapid team?
The amount of time per policy that we have to transfuse one unit of blood.
What is 4 hours?
The guideline that recommends early mobilization, carb loading and promoting oral intake after surgery.
What is ERAS
The first thing you do when you receive an MRI order for your patient.
What is completing the MRI screening form?
Once a telemetry tech calls a Code Rapid, this role is the only one allowed to cancel it.
What is the telemetry tech?
TMC calls all these items the fall risk bundle.
What are yellow socks, door sign, wrist band, gait belt, bed/chair alarm, night light.
The timeframe for re-evaluation after administering a pain medication. (IV & PO)
What is 30 minutes for IV & 1 hour for PO.
This device is commonly used to prevent VTE in patients who aren't ambulating.
What are sequential compression devices (SCDs)?
The IPOC Care Plans that must be present on everyone.
What is the application of a c-collar and backboard?
This prevention step should be done at least every 2 hours for patients with a braden under 19.
What is turning/repositioning?
The policy you "invoke" when you notice something unsafe.
What is Stop The Line?
This is the quickest way to confirm a patient can swallow after the nurse notices a concern.
What is a swallow screen before any additional PO intake (food, drinks, meds)?
The place you go to document on a CBI.
What is the task list?
A priority to place on your patient in an emergency that could save their life if their heart goes into a lethal rhythm.
What are the zoll pads?
The most common route that bacteria enter the bloodstream through the central line.
What is the catheter hub?
This is TMC's bladder protocol.
What is the expectation of 3 consecutive straight caths before placing an indwelling foley catheter?
Your first nursing action when a patient suddenly becomes confused, diaphoretic, and shaky.
What is check a blood glucose?
All aspects that must be documented when your patient is on telemetry.
What is box number, rate, rhythm, regularity, PR interval, QRS interval, & QT interval.
During a code blue, this medication is typically given every 3-5 minutes for pulseless rhythms.
What is epinephrine?
This Foley drainage-tubing problem can cause urine backflow and increases CAUTI risk.
What is a dependent loop?
When a pain medication is ordered for pain 7-10, but the patient reports pain at 6, this action should be taken before administering pain medication.
What is obtain an order from the physician or follow the providers orders?
The part of the chest tube that shows that suction is applied.
What is the bellow?