Professional Practice
Teamwork & Communication
Infection Control
Extraordinary Care
Emergency Codes
100
Niagara Health became a designate of this standing in 2003.
Best Practice Spotlight Organization
100
What does SBAR stand for?
Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
100
True or False: Anyone can discontinue isolations.

False. Only IPAC can discontinue isolations.

100
Tool used to measure degree of risk for altered skin integrity.
Braden Scale
100
What is the extension to call a code?
55555
200
Name a committee or working group under the Professional Practice Umbrella.

Interprofessional Advisory Committee (IAC)

Nursing Advisory Committee (NAC)

RNAO BPSO- BPG Working Group

200
What kind of charting methodology is used at NH?
Focus-DARE
200
What is the first step when donning your Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
Wash your hands.
200
True or False: Fall precautions are only used for patients identified as medium or high risk.
False. Universal Falls precautions should be in place for all levels of risk (low, medium, and high).
200
Name the program where you will find information on emergency codes.
Atlas
300
Name a strategic initiative that engages, empowers, and develops a collaborative work team that creatively delivers results. Hint: It's unit based.

Unit Based Teams

300
What interprofessional initiative incorporates rounding at least every 2 hours and addressing the 5 P's.
We Round
300
What are the 3 types of additional precautions?
Contact, Droplet/Contact, Airborne Precautions
300
This tool is positive if you answer YES to features 1 and 2 PLUS 3 or 4.
CAM Tool
300
What does CCRT stand for?
Critical Care Response Team
400
Name one way the Professional Practice Team communicates initiatives, safety tips, education, and changes in the organization.
Professional Practice Focus of the Month or Professional Practice Education Tip (PPET)
400

True or False: When correcting a documentation error you...

-put a single strike through the error

- write 'error' next to the strike

-write your initial beside it

False. The correct method of correcting a documentation error is to put a single strike and your initials beside it.
400
How many moments are there for Hand Hygiene?
4 moments.
400
NRT, Suboxone, Methadone Maintenance Therapy, Naloxone OD Prevention Kits are examples of this.
Harm Reduction.
400

Contains a defibrillator, oxygen, suction, and medications... to name a few.

Arrest Cart/Code Cart/Crash Cart
500
It's defined as "provision of comprehensive health services to patients by multiple health caregivers, who work collaboratively to deliver quality care within and across settings" (HFO, 2010, p.1).
Interprofessional Practice or Care
500
What is the motto for checking ID?
We Check ID. Every Patient. Two Times. Every time!
500
What is the least expensive but most effective barrier to prevent transmission of infection.
Hand Hygiene.
500
This occurs only when the patient/family/SDM has received the information that a reasonable person in the same circumstance would require in order to make a decision, before receiving treatment.
Informed Consent
500

What is the name of the risk-point system used at NH to alert a practitioner of a changing patient condition?

NEWS or Niagara Early Warning System
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