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100
How do you make sure the right patient recieves the right procedure/treatment?
By verifying two positive patient identifiers
100
Please describe your medication reconciliation process on admission.
Explain Med Rec
100
Can you tell me a bit about how your unit work? How is the patient admitted to this unit?
Go through the steps of admitting the patient (from the time you get to the notification to when the patient is in the room and settled)
100
Can you tell me about how you exchange information with others on the team involved a patient's treatment?
Bedside Report, communicating with charge nurse with any unforseen issues, family meetings, rounds
100
What does ROP stand for?
Required Organizational Practice
200
Which two positive patient identifiers do you use to identify patients.
Name (first and last), medical record number, and date of of birth
200
How do you transfer the medication information during transition of the patient to another unit or during discharge?
Using the discharge sheet, list of meds are printed out
200
How do you make sure that the patient and family understand the treatment/procedure conducted on them?
Explain procedure first, provide any educational materials where applicable, be open to answering any questions, and collaborating with family to provide the treatment if applicable.
200
What mechanisms do you use to ensure timely and accurate information at transition points?
Bedside Report, Transfer of Care form
200
What does PP stand for?
Priority Process
300
What do we complete when patients are being transferred to other units to ensure the right patients and receiving the right care at the right time?
Transfer of Care form
300
How do you ensure safe keeping of narcotics on your unit, walk me through the process of obtaining narcotics.
Omnicell process
300
What measures do you take to prevent VTE? How do you involve the patient in the process?
Education, information materials, mild exercises, encouraging to move/walk.
300
Can you describe patient's transfer of discharge process? What information is provided to the patient and family physician?
Explain discharge process. Provide family physician with morst current list of medication (med rec), patient car plan, contact person in case of emergency etc.
300
How often is training provided for infusion pumps on your unit?
Every year
400
How are patients educated on their role in safety?
Education materials (brochures) are provided and reviewed upon admission: hand hygiene, falls prevention, simple steps for your safe hospital stay.
400
How do you ensure the safe delivery of high risk medication?
Independant Double Checks (heparin and insulin)
400
How does Trillium Health Partners support Ethical decision making?
At THP, ethics is a part of everyone's work. Processes and tools are in place to help staff members identify an ethical issue (resources such as iCARE, tools such as the IDEA worksheet, an onsite ethicist to obtain support.
400
How does Trillium Health Partners communicate internally to it's staff?
We are given information through intranet, internal newsletters, managers/educators to effectively perform our roles and are regularly informed of organizational changes, policies and processes. We have face to face communication (staff meetings), iCARE, printed educational material, outlook.
400
How are adverse events reported?
Fill out an incident report, reflection is provided through staff meetings, and there is a policy in place to guide us through the disclosure process.
500
What interventions are used to prevent the development of pressure ulcers on your unit?
Inital assessment, regular assessment, documentation, Braden scores calculated, appropriate intervention where needed-nutrition, minimize friction, sheer, manager moisture, mobility, activity. etc.
500
When do you do a medication reconciliation
Admission, Transfer and Discharge
500
What are the goals and objectives of your unit?
Take them to the quality board to show that we have focused goals (3 indicators-hospital, program and unit specific). We conduct quality board huddles daily to measure if we have met our goals for today and if not we discuss what are the barriers and how we can do even better.
500
BONUS: how do you ensure proper hand hygiene?
Follow the 4 moment: Before/after entering a patient's room. Before/after performing a procedure.
500
What do you do in a Code Red?
REACT Remove Endangered Persons Ensure the Door is Closed Activate the Fire Alarm Call Communications at ext. 5555 Try to extinguish the fire
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