Leadership
I review all medication orders or prescriptions that are dispensed in the organization.
What is a pharmacist?
The role of these personnel includes the following functions: 1) Hands on personal care 2) Simple procedures as an extension of therapy or nursing services 3) Assist in ambulation or exercise
What are Home Health/Hospice Aides?
Hospital contact for infection control issues.
Who is Anita Allen and Amy Timberlake?
Blizzards, bomb threats, high winds and chemical spills are unexpected events that significantly disrupt the organization's ability to provide care.
What is an Emergency?
Patients are given surveys to evaluate their inpatient or outpatient experience.
How do we measure patient satisfaction?
This list of medications can cause errors and/or sentinel events.
What are high-alert and hazardous medications?
Who is responsible for the safety of patients?
What is All staff?
Most important task to prevent spreading of infections
What is handwashing?
A Winter Storm Warning has been broadcasted for the next 48 hours. The hospital social worker calls a referral for a possible admission first thing tomorrow morning. You tell the SW that the agency is looking at each referral case by case and delays in admissions should be expected.
What is the Emergency Operations Plan?
This is in place to guide and instruct personnel regarding patient care, treatment and services.
What is our Policies and Procedures ?
Celexa and Celebrex are on what list of medications.
What is the Look alike-Sound alike medication list?
When a Home Health Aide is present in the home, this amount of time is the maximun time allowed between supervisory visits if the patient is NOT receiving skilled care.
What is 60 days?
Your supervisor asks you to close the blinds in front of your work area and then to move to the lower level center hall of Building 8601 right now.
What is a Tornado Drill/Warning?
Implementation of changes in existing policies based on ongoing evaluations and gathered data.
What is Peformance Improvement (PI)?
Instead of writing this Q.D or Q.O.D. I should write this.
What is writing out "Daily" or "Every other Day"?
The process by which supervisors verify staff licensure and certifications required by law.
What is License Verification?
Risks identified for aquiring/spreading infections are documented here.
What is SOC and purple infection sheets?
The four steps to follow in a fire emergency include removing individuals from the room, calling for help, closing doors and getting away from the area.
What is R.A.C.E.?
We are patient-centered, patient-driven. We honor and respect the dignity of all. We strive for excellence and push beyond. We work as one. We are dedicated to serving our community.
What are our Core Values?
I am on this list U (unit).
What is the "Do Not Use" list?
Each Home Health or Hospice Aide particiaptes in AT LEAST this many hours of inservice training during each 12 month period.
What is 12 hours?
This addresses priority risks and goals.
What is the Surveillance Plan?
There is a fight between two patients on the unit. There is an overhead page for others to help.
What is Code white?