Environment of Care
This is how often the defibrillator should be checked and when.
What is everyday after midnight?
Patients learn about their privacy rights from this form.
What is the Patient Notification of Privacy Rights?
This is how I know what pain medication to administer to a patient.
What is the pain score?
Before providing care to a patient, you must verify that you have the right patient using these items.
What are name and date of birth?
These are single-use items that are utilized to secure items with patient care.
What is tape (or coban)?
This item is should be given to all new patients, to inform them about their right to be treated with respect, to be involved in decisions related to their care, and that they must also treat our staff with courtesy and respect.
What is the Patient's Handbook?
This clinical care process involves finding out what medications a patient is taking, comparing them to what has been taken in the past, documenting any changes, and checking for safety issues.
What is Medication Reconciliation?
This type of Joint Commission survey can occur on any shift with surveyors arriving without prior notice and visiting multiple units multiple times as they conduct their tracers.
What is unannounced?
This intranet tool is the best way to notify the Facilities Department that something is broken or unsafe.
What is the FM (Facilities and maintenance) request form?
Before we provide any type of care to patients, patients must read and sign this document.
What is the Consent to Treat Form?
This is what is done prior to the administration of a medication to ensure the right medication is administered to the right patient.
What is scanning the patient and medication?
This is when the oxygen tanks should be stored in the red holders.
What is less than 500 psi?
MSDS sheets are located here to provide information on chemicals utilized.
What is the intranet/MSDS Online?
Thoracentesis, central line/PICC insertion, incision and drainage, and biopsies are all examples of procedures that require obtaining this from the patient before the procedure is performed.
What is informed consent?
This is what should be provided to the patient prior to the first dose of new medications.
What is first dose education?
This ensures that exit doors, emergency gas shut-off valves, fire extinguishers, fire pull stations, electrical panels, and eye wash stations are always accessible, and corridors remain clear.
What is maintaining an unobstructed environment?
This process should be used to disinfect medical instruments.
What is high-level disinfection?
This essential education must be provided to patients discharged on pain medications, covering their pain management plan, potential side effects, impact on daily activities, and safe opioid use, storage, and disposal.
What is pain medication discharge education?
This is the amount of time in which a critical result should be notified to the provider.
What is 45 minutes?