People and Things
Odds & Ends
Medication Safety
Acronyms
Patient-Focused Items
100
These people are at the center of all care provided at the Dayton VA.
Who are the Veterans?
100
Responsible for patient safety.
Who is everyone?
100
The most common medication mistake patients make at home.
What is stopping medications after starting to feel better?
100
"VA" stands for this.
What is Veterans Administration?
100
Called in building 330 when a patient needs cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
What is a Code 99?
200
Joint Patient Safety Report (JPSR).
What is filed to report an unusual patient incident?
200

Performing this action is the number one evidence-based method to prevent infection.

What is Hand Hygiene?

200
Important for patients to keep a list of these, including prescription, over-the-counter and supplements.
What are medications?
200
This acronym was used to describe a stroke.
What is CVA?
200

Two of these are used prior to administering medications, performing treatments, obtaining and labeling any specimens at bedside, and prior to administering any blood products. before any procedure, including giving medications.

What are patient identifiers?

300

Chief of Quality Management Services at the DVAMC.

Who is Bob Gauder?

300

The most frequently reported adverse patient events.

What are falls?
300

The standardized process used by nurses to ensure correct medication administration.

What are the "five rights"?

300

The meaning of the acronym "RCA".

What is Root Cause Analysis?

300

The name of the scale used at time of admission to determine a patient's risk for skin breakdown.

What is the BRADEN scale?

400

Dr. Thomas Hardy

Who is the Acting Director at the DVAMC?

400

The practice of health care in which the practitioner systematically finds, appraises, and uses the most current and valid research findings as the basis for clinical decisions.

What is Evidence-Based Practice?
400
The method used to repeat a verbal or telephone order from a physician.
What is the "read-back method"?
400

The primary objective of SBAR is to provide a standardized form of communication between caregivers in providing accurate, clear and complete information during transitions (“hand-offs”) in patient care. The acronym SBAR represents . . .

What is Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR)?

400
White = Patient Identification, Red = Allergy , Orange = Blood, Purple = DNR, Yellow = fall risk
What are standardized color-coded wrist band stickers?
500
An awareness campaign during the week of 12-16 March 2018.
What is Patient Safety Awareness Week?
500

Topics originated by the Joint Commission to promote and enforce major changes in patient safety in thousands of participating health care organizations in the United States.

What are the National Patient Safety Goals?

500

An interdisciplinary process comparing a complete list of medications that the patient has been taking prior to admission, with the medications that will be provided during hospitalization; performed at pre-admission, admission and/or at time of transfer or discharge.

What is medication reconciliation?

500

HRO is an organization that has succeeded in avoiding catastrophes in an environment where normal accidents can be expected due to risk factors and complexity. The acronym HRO represents...

A high reliability organization (HRO)

500
You are a nurse in the patient tower and approached by a family member of one of your patients. She indicates that her Mom (patient) appears to be "not right." After assessing the patient you determine you need help. Who do you call for additional assistance?
What is the Rapid Response Team?
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