Procedures
Triage
Charting
Lab
Potpourri
100
This form must be completed with all fetal demise cases less than 20 weeks.
What is the N24 or Notification of Disposition of Fetal Remains?**
100
Obtain first EKG within 10 minutes of arrival.
What do you do when a patient has Chest Pain?
100
Release all admission orders at 4 hours.
When do you release admission orders if the patient is a Med/Surg, Med Tele or Cardiac Tele patient?
100
The order you should draw blood cultures.
What is orange then green.
100
This allows you to have a 4%, 8%, 12%, 16% increase in pay on to hours you worked. Only nurses and Paramedics are eligible.
What is Clinical Ladder?
200
You must wear this when crossing the red line past OR 19 to go to the OR front desk.
What is the "Bunny Suit"?
200
These vitals should be done during triage.
What is blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, oxygen saturation, temperature and pain?
200
This is where you chart medications given during Conscious Sedation.
What is the MAR and Conscious Sedation Flowsheet?
200
The order you should draw blood tubes.
What is Blue, Red, Green, Purple, Grey?
200
This mandates all individuals seeking Emergency Care receive it regardless of ability to pay within 250 yards of an ER.
What is EMTALA?
300
This is where you chart that IVF (or blood products) have been completed.
What is the infusion stop time? (will accept if you mention the I/O Flowsheet?)
300
You are worried about this if patient had recent travel from West Africa, has a headache, weakness, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
What is Ebola?**
300
This is where you chart change in care.
What is the "Hand-Off" tab in the Disposition narrator?
300
This system allows us to print labels with what color the extra tubes are.
What is Clinical Collect?
300
72 hour medical hold when patients are suicidal or homicidal
What is a Baker Act?
400
This is when victims and/or injuries exceeds the capacity of the department and additional resources, staff and care site is needed.
What is Code Green, "Disaster"
400
Symptoms could include fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath, palpitations, chest pain, syncope/pre-syncope, confusion and diaphoresis.
(This is not MI/STEMI)
What is Atrial Fibrillation?**
400
ESI 1 & 2- Upon arrival to room and every 2 hours.
ESI 3 & 4- Upon arrival to room and every 4 hours.
ESI 5- Upon arrival to room and within 30 min of discharge.
What is the frequency of assessments and reassessments?
400
All lab specimens should be labeled at the bedside.
When do you label specimens?
400
These individuals must complete mandatory CEU's requirements by December 31st of every year.
Who are nurses, paramedics, and LPN's?
500
Clean the diaphragm of the needless connector with Alcohol for 15 seconds...
Do not be cocky...this was not discussed today....
What do you do before administering IV medication?
500
Where you place the description of patient's symptoms upon arrival.
What is the Chief Complaint in triage?
500
This is the assessment that is a calculation of patients withdrawal level.
What is CIWA?
500
-Leaving tourniquet on longer than 1 min
-Cleaning with alcohol and not letting in dry
-Having tourniquet to close to the IV or blood draw site
-Suction in tube or by syringe is too strong
-Shaking the tubes too quickly
What causes Hemolysis?
500
The year TGH was opened to the public, named the Tampa Municipal Hospital
What happened in 1927? (November 15th to be exact)