Best Practice
Two of these are required for each patient admission
What are patient identifiers
What is either
-Through The Source?
-Through patient's chart in EPIC?
A patient is extremely agitated/restless in the bed, and there is notable movement under the covers, this is your next step.
This is the Skeleton's name.
This is the color socks that all fall risk patients wear.
What is yellow?
When you call someone, this is the first thing that you do.
What is introduce yourself using your name and department?
Who is the SV RN?
The SV RN notifies you that you are getting an admission, this is your next step.
You are monitoring a patient who is itching their L arm. In report, bedside requested monitoring for a PIV on their left forearm. What is your next step?
What is provide verbal redirection and document in EPIC intervention?
RN calls and says we are stat alarming too much and to only stat alarm if patient has both legs over the side of the bed, this is what you do next.
What is provide clarity on Safety View workflow/expectations when stat alarm is indicated?
At the start of your shift this is what you do to ensure you have all patients pulled up.
What is compare your EPIC patient list to your Avasure/Hellocare application?
You need someone to cover your station while you write and submit an RL for an incident, this is who you can reach out to for assistance covering your station.
Who is lead, house supervisor, or SV RN?
Who is primary RN?
This is a short term access point to administer medication and/or fluids.
What is a peripheral IV?
What is call the Charge RN or escalate to SV RN?
Your patient you are monitoring almost falls out of bed, this is your next step after making notification to the bedside.
What is loop in SV RN and submit an RL?
You are monitoring a patient for elopement, this is the point where you would activate the stat alarm.
What is when the patient crosses the threshold of the doorway?
A patient you are monitoring has their oxygen device (NC, oxymask, trach collar, cpap/bipap) on their forehead, this is your next step.
What is notify bedside staff?
You initiate a 4th stat alarm for a patient within the last half hour. This is your next step.
What is escalate to SV RN to evaluate for in person sitter?
You experience a difficult call that you would like management to review, this is who you reach out to.
Who is SVRN, house supervisor, supervisor, or manager?
When you submit an RL, you should remain...
What is objective?
You are monitoring a patient for elopement when the patient leaves the room. During report, the bedside RN requested that the stat alarm not be used as it agitates the patient. This is your next step.
What is initiate the stat alarm?
You call for report on a patient and the primary RN asks you to monitor the patient's brain drain, this is your next step.
What is escalate to SV RN as we can not monitor for brain drains.
Your patient falls and hits their head with no staff present in the room, this is your next step?
What is initiate stat alarm?