Environment of Care
This is where you can locate information regarding fire safety
What is fire board? (Location)
This is the single most effective way to prevent transmission of infection.
What is Handwashing?
This is the requirements to work on the unit.
What is BLS, CAC, and RN licensure?
What are expectations around pill crushers?
What is single patient use?
Before providing care to a patient, you must verify that you have the right patient using two of these.
What are patient identifiers? Name and Date of birth
Someone has accidentally spilled a chemical in your work area! But not to worry, you can get information on how the spill should be handled by accessing what resource?
What is intranet, safety management services.
Gloves, gowns, masks, eye shields and face shields are all examples of this.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
You should expect this from your manager every year.
What is an annual evaluation?
This is what should happen following a medication safety event or adverse drug event
What is reporting via safety event patient portal?
The is the approved way to document the plan of care for the patient.
What is a SMART goal?
Daily checks required on the crash cart
What is the crash cart entry log? State the items for review.
These are the new cleaning products in the institution and their drying times?
What is Oxivir and Clorox bleach wipes? Oxivir has a 1 minute dry time and Clorox bleach has a 3 minute dry time.
An order should be placed for these within 30 minutes of application
What are non-violent/violent restraints?
“U”, “IU” and “QD” all appear on this list.
What is the “Do not Use” Abbreviation List?
Nursing staff chart this prior to administering opioid pain medications
What is pain assessment including sedation scale, rate, characteristics, location, and, respiratory assessment?
This is who you notify if a negative pressure room is not functioning?
Who is maintenance?
All of these, with the exception of vaccines, must be disposed of after 28 days after opening.
What are multi-use vials?
This is what is needed to be reviewed prior to administration of an as needed medication.
What are medication indications?
When a controlled substance is wasted, this is the process to be completed?
What is waste is witness, documented in Omnicell, and wasted in Rx destroyer?
This is the expectation of the bedside nurse regarding the patient charting and orders.
What is review all orders and execute according to the order?
This type of safety exercise prepares staff to keep employees, patients and visitors safe in the case of loss of power, earthquake, or other unexpected events.
What are emergency or disaster drills?
This process should be used to disinfect medical instruments after use at the bedside.
What is the soiled instrument transportation process? Identify the location of the resource?
These are the five rights to medication administration
What is right route, dose, time administration, and medication?
If medications on this list are given to a patient, specific precautions must be taken, because they have a higher possibility of causing harm.
What is the "high alert medication list?" Identify unit specific medications
This term is defined as “the procedures, actions, and processes that a medical professional is licensed to perform”.
What is the “scope of practice”