Best Practice
IPAC Knowledge
Policy and Procedure
Building Strong Teams
Innovations
100
Med carts can be left unlocked if there are no residents in a 3 meter vicinity? True or False
False
Med carts are to be locked at all times. This has been identified as a significant risk to residents in the LTC literature
100
Vaccinations are no longer required for working here at Fenelon Court
yes or no
yes they are--
100
Oxygen tanks should be checked on each shift on the last round and filled routinely --leaving full tanks for the next shift
yes or no
Yes
100
Daily Double
100
Why did the chicken cross the road?
We will accept:
1) to get to the other side
2) to see his friend Gregory Peck
200
Spa doors and med room doors only need to be locked outside of shower times or when the med room is in use
False
There has been significant risk involving residents drinking shampoo and other toxic fluids who have passed away.
Med rooms need to locked at all times for medication safety risk - of residents going into the rooms and/or theft/shrinkage
200
Since Masks are no longer required what is paramount before entering resident rooms?
Point of Care Assessment
200
Daily Double
200
If you find that a team member on the previous shift has not completed a task (example: take out the garbage), the best way to make sure it doesn't happen again is to report them to Leadership immediately .
True or False
False
Try speaking to them directly in a respectful and collegial way
200
Intimacy in LTC is a topic of discussion now which includes residents living with dementia being able to have relationships within LTC homes.
True or False
Yes- depending on an assessment of capacity at the time of consenting to sexual intimacy
300
SBAR is now used when communicating with our Physicians and it stands for:
Situation
Background
Assessment
Request
SBAR
Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
300
Residents are not allowed to share a bathroom if one resident has VRE
yes or no
Yes they can share with cleaning/disinfection after toilet and bathroom use
300
We continue to refine the communication process at shift report with:
Report Book
24 PCC report
Communication Book
True or False
True
300
Psychological Safety exists in an organization if:
1) teams feel they can learn from errors
2) teams feel free to laugh and have fun
3) teams feel they can openly criticize each other
4) 1 and 2 only
1 and 2
300
Residents and families have identified the following areas we need to improve this year:
Cleanliness of rooms
Variety of Food and Food temps
Variety of Activities
True or False
True
400
Best Practice with Dementia Care involve:
Identifying triggers and communication them through PCC, POC, shift report, BSO binders and 1:1 binders
YES!
400
Resident Spa rooms can have person items left in there if they are labelled.
yes or no
No! We organized the care caddies for this specific reason:)
400
PSWs do not need assignments because this goes against the concept of team work
True or Falsie
False
you can have both accountability and team work
400
Swearing is strictly prohibited in the work place- explain
No-Bill 168 says if someone is uncomfortable with actions it could be construed as work place violence
400
The rooms at the end of the hallways (old break rooms) can be converted to sensory rooms for residents. Give 2 examples of what sensory rooms are and how they help residents with responsive behaviors.
1) Quiet, subdued lighting can help calm agitated residents living with dementia
2) Tactile, auditory, or visual or olfactory stimuli can sooth residents living with dementia
examples: lavender diffuser, videos of their families, soothing lighting, fish tanks- simulators
500
We have revamped our PSW orientation process to include:
PSWs teaching PSWs best practice to start them off right:) right in orientation day.
Identifying Mentors for each PSW and meeting with them Month 1 and Month 3
YES!
500
Residents with only one symptom do not need to be isolated
Yes--explain
500
The average time for a room to have "regular cleaning" daily is 6 minutes?
True or False
True
500
The key to strong team work is communication at the beginning of the shift - who is going to do what and when -- especially if team members are new or teams are new
yes or no
YES absolutely- so very important that everyone is clear on routines and expectations.
500
The latest wander guards available now have cameras so we can track where residents are located.
True or False
False