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Cerner & Med Safety
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General Med Safety
100

This is any injury resulting from the use of a medication.

What is an adverse drug event

100

Clinical support staff gave an expired medication.  Is this considered a medication error?

Yes this is a med error!

Any error should be reported immediately to your manager.  

100

What are these?

Medication order sentences which can reduce potential medication errors

100

Where should a medication error be documented?  

What is in the RL6 system with specific details.  This report will be reviewed by the manager and Risk Management Team to do a root cause analysis. 

100

The best resource to answer a medication question

What is your provider or pharmacist

200

The right patient, the right medication, the right dose, the right route, the right time, the right reason, the right response, the right documentation

What are the 8 Rights to Medication Administration

200

The terminology used for managing a population of people with various health problems

What is Population Health Management

200

On intake, the clinical support staff are reviewing medications with the patient. 

Acute medications (antibiotics or steroids) that were prescribed for a short duration and have exceeded the end date

What are medications that should be marked as COMPLETE 

200

True or False 

Brand name drugs are safer and more effective than generics. 

False - generic drug are copies of brand name drugs.  They have the same dosage, safety standards, strength, purity, quality, and intended use.  

200

Where can you dispose of medications that you no longer take and/or are expired

What is to a police station, pharmacy, or specific medication take back event for proper disposal

300

Verbally reviewing new orders obtained over the phone

What is "Reading Back" method 

300

What is the Union Health Safety slogan?

Safety begins with me

300

In order for the provider to complete medication reconciliation, the medication list must be reviewed and updated by the nursing staff from....

From the Document Medication by History

300

Provider enters order in Cerner for an injection to be given today.  Where will this order be generated?  

What is the patient Task List

300

You don't need a prescription for this type of medication 

What is over-the-counter medication such as vitamins or Tylenol

400

Why are these questions asked by nursing staff


To identify patients who qualify for medication reconciliation

400

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What are the components of AIDET

Acknowledge

Introduce

Duration

Explanation

Thank you


400

When would you see this?


When you are trying to enter a medication the patient has a known allergy to

400

True or False

It's a good idea to use 1 pharmacy for all your prescriptions

What is True - Using multiple pharmacies or providers can pose some safety risks.  Having 1 pharmacy as the gait keeper of your medication is the best practice.  

400

What is the #1 evidenced based method for preventing infection

What is hand washing

500

Prescriptions the patient is no longer taking because the provider instructed them to stop taking

What is CANCEL or DISCONTINUED medications


500

The platform in Cerner that helps identify gaps in patient care such as it's time for a mammogram or colonoscopy

What is Health e Registry (HeR)

500

Nursing staff completed reviewing the patient's med list.  What must you do to trigger the visual indicator below notifying the provider that the med list is updated and ready for reconciliation? 

What is UNCHECK the Leave Med History Incomplete box

500

True or False 

If you are having trouble swallowing a pill or capsule, it's OK to break or crush it?

What is False - some long-acting medication will be released into your system too quickly if the pills or capsules are broken.  If you have trouble swallowing, you should check with the pharmacist to see if liquid form is available. 

500

Where should you store medications that do not need to be refrigerated

What is in a cool, dry location that is out of the reach of children

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