Med Pass Madness
What must you check before administering any medication?
What are the 5 rights: right resident, medication, dose, route, and time?
This is the leading cause of injury in ALFs.
What are falls?
This behavior pattern often occurs at dusk in residents with dementia.
What is sundowning?
This federal law protects resident health information.
What is HIPAA?
Bill Jenkins received medication intended for Bill Jensen. This "right" was affected.
What is the right person?
This abbreviation means “as needed.”
What is PRN?
This is a bed side rail that can be used for turning and repositioning and is approved by Sunrise
What is Halo rail?
The behavior of a person attempting to leave their living environment, due to confusion or disorientation
What is Exit-seeking?
Mr. Ortega has asked to review his plan of care. This is an example of his right to be informed.
What is the right to be informed?
These medications are used to prevent blood clots from forming or getting bigger.
What are anticoagulants?
You drop a resident’s pill. You should do this.
What is dispose of it properly.
Bed and chair alarms are considered this type of intervention.
What is a restraint?
This stage of grief is when families are most likely to show rigid and frustrated behaviors and report headaches or generalized pain.
What is Anger?
You should wait this long between puffs from the same inhaler.
What is 20-30 seconds between each puff?
This is a common adverse reaction to antibiotics.
What is an allergic reaction?
This high-alert medication helps manage blood sugar.
What is insulin?
After nursing hours, you found a resident on the floor, complaining of pain to the back of their head, this should be your first action.
What is calling 911?
2 commonly used medications for dementia.
What is donepezil (Aricept), rivastigmine (Exelon), and Memantine (Namenda)?
This type of transmission is the most common way infection is passed from one person to another.
What is contact transmission?
Jose has type 2 diabetes and is taking an oral hypoglycemic agent. He presents with confusion, dizziness, and shakiness. The first thing you should do is this.
What is check his blood glucose?
This document tracks all medications given to a resident.
What is the Medication Administration Record (MAR)?
This program is designed to report and document incident reports.
What is Riskonnect?
Which neurotransmitter is MOST associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
What is Acetylcholine?
This plan outlines individualized care for residents.
What is a Individualized service plan (ISP)?
When a person is taking both aspirin and warfarin (Coumadin), this adverse drug reaction is likely
What is gastrointestinal bleeding?