Nursing Professionalism
Your patient's condition is deteriorating and you need to call the Rapid Response Team. What extension do you call?
What is 2000?
This is an assistive device available to assist with lateral transfers.
What is a Pocketslider?
Medical Alert, Code Blue, room 654 is an example of what?
What is announcement of Code Blue using plain language?
Name two areas in which nurses and patients may encounter cultural differences.
What are diet, pain management, modesty, and language, religion?
These are two approved patient identifiers that must be used when providing any aspects of care to patients.
What are name and date of birth?
This is a type of environment that empowers staff to be professional, transparent, effective, and accountable.
What is Healthy Work Environment?
You are caring for a patient with profuse diarrhea. Microbiology reports to you that the patient is now positive for Clostridium difficile. You will initiate this type of precaution.
What is contact?
Name the six elements in the acronym used to determine stroke symptoms.
What is balance, eyes, facial drooping, arm weakness, slurred speech, and time (BEFAST)?
A culturally competent nurse exhibits these three behaviors.
What are cultural awareness, respect, and self-awareness of bias?
You are caring for a person of size who is requesting a larger-sized gown. Name the type of sensitive language you would use.
What is bariatric sensitive language?
This is where the policy that governs Mercy's social media policy is located.
What is Policy Tech?
These are the elements AIDET.
What is Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explain and Thank.
These are three types of interpreter services available at Mercy.
What are an approved in-person interpreter, telephonic, and video remote interpreting?
This is the Foundress of Mercy Hospital.
Who is Catherine McAuley?
This is important infection prevention topic, mentioned in Mercy's appearance policy, causes bacteria to grow on fingernails.
What are artificial nails and applications?
This is the type of isolation you would use when caring for a patient who is positive for Tuberculosis.
What is Airborne Precautions?
These are the elements of R.A.C.E. regarding fire safety.
What are Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish?
This is a form/system that communicates/reports safety events.
What is the S.A.F.E report?
Three elements of a behavioral health room sweep.
What is removal of unnecessary equipment, removal of any personal electronic devices (cell phones included), trash can liners are removed, and personal belongings.