A Personal Decree
A document an adult person uses to give directions about future medical care should he/she lose decision making capacity.
Advance Directive
(T/F): All cases must be reported to the Medical Examiner.
False, however the Medical Examiner section of the postmortem section should be completed even if patient was not referred to the ME.
Adina Stewart
Sepsis
Document which names someone to make medical care decisions for another, should that person become unable to make them for himself/herself.
Medical Power of Attorney
(T/F): The information documented under the Death Pronounced section of the postmortem packet will transfer to the Death Certificate.
False -In Texas, the information for a death certificate is gathered in two main parts: personal/demographic details collected by the funeral director from the family, and medical data filled out by a doctor, medical examiner, or justice of the peace.
This form is utilized to inform patients of services and to determine what language services may be required.
Notice of Language Assistant Services
Antibiotic
Nursing staff should follow up for at least (_____) in an attempt to get a physical copy of the Advance Directive.
48 hours
(T/F): It is the nurses responsibility to request and encourage the family of the deceased to permit an autopsy.
False - it is the responsibility of the attending provider.
(T/F): Medical providers must supply a qualified medical interpreter rather than relying on an accompanying adult family member or friend for procedural consent.
True
Globally, approximately (BLANK) deaths are estimated to be associated with sepsis.
1 in 5 deaths
If the patient is intubated or unable to answer the advance directive questions, the RN should document (_____).
Unable to Assess
(T/F): Death occurred following an injury sustained while in the hospital meets the hospital autopsy criteria.
True
This form is utilized when a patient declines language assistance services.
Waiver of Language Assistance
These should be obtained prior to administering an antibiotic.
Blood Cultures
(T/F) In the state of Texas, it is legal for a family member or friend to consent/refuse to creating an advance directive for an incapacitated patient.
False
(T/F): Texas law does not require a licensed funeral home to bury a family member.
True - but hospitals, morgues, and care facilities generally will not release the body directly to an untrained family member without a licensed funeral director or transport service involved
This intervention must be completed at least once a shift and with every interaction with the patient.
Language Assistant
Infections in the (_____) are the leading cause of sepsis.
Lung - 35% compared to 11% for Skin and GI and 25% for UTI's.