Fall Prevention
Before leaving a high fall-risk patient alone, you should always make sure these three things are within reach: call light, personal belongings, and this mobility aid.
What is the walker/cane?
These PPE items are required before entering a contact precautions room.
What are gown and gloves?
This vital sign measures the percentage of oxygen carried in the blood.
What is oxygen saturation?
You walk into a room and find water spilled on the floor near a confused patient getting out of bed. What would you do?
What is stay with the patient, prevent the fall, and clean/get help cleaning the spill?
This is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infection in hospitals.
What is hand hygiene?
This color-coded item is often placed on patients identified as a fall risk.
What is a yellow fall-risk bracelet?
This type of isolation is required for tuberculosis.
What is airborne isolation?
A blood pressure of 86/50 should be reported because it may indicate this condition.
What is hypotension?
A patient says they feel dizzy while walking to the bathroom. What would you do?
What is assist them to sit or lie down and call for help?
Gloves should be changed between patients and after contact with this.
What are contaminated surfaces/body fluids?
A patient says, "I'm fine, I can get up by myself," but they are weak and dizzy after surgery. Your safest response is this.
What is assist the patient and remind them to call before getting up.
Before entering a patient room with droplet precautions, you should wear this.
What is surgical mask?
Before obtaining an accurate blood pressure, the patient should be sitting quietly for about this long.
What is 5 minutes?
You enter a room and notice the patient's oxygen tubing is disconnected. What would you do?
What is reconnect oxygen if appropriate and notify the nurse?
This should be cleaned before and after patient use to prevent cross-contamination.
What is shared equipment? (ex. glucometers, vitals machines, wheelchairs)
This safety measure should be used instead of all four side rails.
What is a bed alarm?
For C. diff patients, soap and water are preferred over this common product.
What is hand sanitizer?
A pulse that is irregular, very fast, or very slow should always be reported to this team member.
Who is the nurse?
A visitor tries to enter an isolation room without PPE. What would you do?
What is stop them and explain the required PPE before entering?
If you accidentally stick yourself with a used needle, your FIRST action is this.
What is wash the area immediately?
A confused patient keeps trying to climb out of bed. You've reoriented them, toileted them, and activated the bed alarm. Your next step is to notify the nurse and consider intervention.
What is a VMT or sitter?
A patient on airborne precautions must leave the room for a test. The patient should wear this during transport?
What is a surgical mask?
You obtain a temperature of 102.8 on a postoperative patient. Your FIRST action is this.
What is report it to the nurse?
You see smoke coming from equipment in a patient room. What would you do first?
What is remove the patient from immediate danger and follow RACE protocol?
A patient has uncontrolled coughing and no mask on. Before transporting them through the hallway, you should do this.
What is place a mask on the patient??