Infection Prevention
The proper isolation for flu patients.
What is droplet and contact?
Restraint documentation is to be completed at least every ______ hours.
What is 2?
The timeframe in which Foley catheters should be changed.
What is at least every 30 days?
Timeframe for changing IV tubing/dressings.
What is every 96 hours?
The patient population Pink arm bands are used for.
What is with restricted limb (no BP/sticks)?
Times when Central line/PICC dressings and hubs should be changed.
What is dressing change and hubs on Tuesday and hubs on Friday or as needed if soiled/loose?
The timeframe for documenting Pain follow-up .
What is within one hour of intervention?
The times Foley care is to be completed.
What is Q12 hours at 1000 and 2200?
The place you check for IV medication compatibility.
What is lexicomp on focus or with a pharmacist?
The times that hourly rounding is performed.
What is every hour from 6A to 10P (nurses on odds/PCTs on evens) and every 2 hours from 10P to 6A (nurse and PCT together)?
The soap used to bathe people with central lines and foleys.
What is hibiclens?
The proper time to complete home med list and preferred pharmacy?
What is upon admission by the primary nurse?
Manual irrigation can/cannot be performed without a provider order.
What is cannot be performed without provider order?
The place where Nicotine products/Coumadin are disposed.
What is in a Ziploc bag in the black bin in the medication room?
The proper process for patient handoff at shift change.
What is give bedside report in the room and update patient whiteboard? (whiteboards need to be updated PRN and must be completely filled in, no blank spots)
The proper way to wash your hands after leaving a c-diff patient room.
What is with soap and water only?
The time frame in which I&Os are documented.
What is at least once a shift? (Urine, BM, meals, wounds, IV site/fluid intake)
The only place urine specimens should only be drawn from on a foley catheter.
What is the luer lock port?
EMS IVs can/cannot be used inpatient.
What is cannot be used?
The things to be addressed during hourly rounding.
What is pain, potty, possessions, position, pump?
The blue/turquoise bag in the dirty utility room.
What is the place to dispose of BP cuffs and pulse ox sensors?
Education and care plan should be charted _____ per shift.
What is once?
The main reason foley catheters leak.
What is bladder spasms? Try removing some of the water from the balloon with provider order or administering bladder spasm medication such as B&O or Ditropan.
Items that must be labeled before leaving the medication room.
What is any medication (syringes) and aromatherapy?
The timeframe in which you must check on a patient when telemetry calls.
What is immediately?