CPRS/BCMA
Where medications are verified before administering via BCMA.
Where is CPRS?
Where contact information is found for employees/departments.
Where is the phone book?
The preferred sites for larger volume IM injections.
What is the ventrogluteal or the Vastus lateralis?
The first step in using an AED.
What is turn it on?
Where LST orders are found in Orders.
Where is the first line in the orders page?
Where time off requests are placed, or sick leave requests are placed after returning to work.
Where is VATAS?
The best position to scan the urinary bladder.
What is the reclining or supine position?
Times when an RN to RN Bedside handoff is required.
When is change of shift, breaks, hand-offs to another unit, hand-offs to procedural areas or any other time care is surrendered to another RN
Where records scanned into CPRS, including radiographical studies and EKGs are found.
Where is JLV?
The column where nursing finds most of the information they need.
Where is the Associate Director, Patient Care Services?
Observations that are made while flushing a peripheral IV.
What are swelling, pain, coolness at the site of insertion?
Where all information regarding any clinical procedure can be found, and this information is considered policy.
Where is Clinical Skills?
Where information regarding CPRS can be found while using CPRS.
Where is the tool bar?
The SharePoint page where Quality Improvement projects consult before beginning the project.
Where is the EBP and Magnet SharePoint ?
Activities that currently require full PPE.
What are aerosol generating procedures, CPR or entering the room of a patient infected with Covid 19?
The differences between Hospice and Palliative Care.
What is the goal of Palliative care to achieving best quality of life, even though the patient may not be considered terminally ill, which is required for Hospice care.
A BCMA report that should be run at the beginning of the shift.
What is the missed medications report?
Where links are found to print out paper forms that may be needed on the unit.
Bonus points: Name one paper form that may be needed
Where is the nursing documentation link? (first, click on the nursing resources link)
Some paper forms used by nurses include forms for insulin drips, TPN, PCAs, Code Blue sheets, LVAD flowsheets, invasive procedure flowsheets.
Things you can for for an employee or visitor that you suspect of having a hypoglycemic episode.
Offer the person something to eat or drink with 15G of carbs, or offer to bring them to the ED for evaluation. You CANNOT check a blood glucose with our BGM on anyone other than a patient with a wristband.
Where additional nursing classes are RQI sign-up are found.
Where is the education SharePoint? Where is the Nursing education tile, and the ACLS/BLS tile?