Safety
Return it back to the pyxis and waste with another RN.
DO NOT put in the lockbox or your pocket.
What PPE is needed when transporting bodily fluid in a closed container to the tube station?
What is NONE. Close container, wipe outside, discard gloves inside the room, perform HH and take sample to tube station.
Who can order restraints? Who can perform the one hour face-to-face evaluation after violent restraints have been applied?
Only physician can order restraints (violent or non-violent). Physician must to face to face eval.
If a surveyor asks for a copy of a policy or other documentation when they are on the floor, what do you do?
Do not directly give the policy to a surveyor. Notify the incident command to pull the policy or specific document.
This is how my door should remain if my patient is on suicide precautions?
OPEN
What is your responsibility in the event of a fire?
RACE
Remove those in danger, Activate the alarm, Close the doors, Evacuate/Extinguish
What documentation is need when an employee floats to a new department for the first time?
What is the Environment of Care Checklist (you can find these under the white patient board)
If you remove restraints from a patient, but they escalate later, can they be reapplied or do you have to obtain a new order?
Yes they can and you need a new order.
When being interviewed by a surveyor, how do you answer questions?
Answer only the question being asked--don't offer additional information.
This is how often I should be assessing my patient for suicidal ideation and completing the safety checklist?
Every 8 hours
You are leaving the building and the cuddles system has locked the doors. Visitors are waiting to leave. What do you do?
Wait for the alarm to be cleared before letting out visitors you do not know.
What level is acceptable for an oxygen tank on a crash cart?
Only full tanks should be kept on the crash cart.
You find an empty stretcher with a half-full oxygen tank on it. What should you do?
Take the oxygen tank off the stretcher and secure the tank in a full/partial rack
What do you do if you don't know the answer to a question the surveyor asks?
Know your resources. You don't have to know everything, but you need to tell them who you would ask or where you would look to find it.
This is what I should consider when providing nutrition for my patient on suicide precautions?
A safety tray--which includes unbreakable utensils, paper products. What goes into the room should come out of the room.
What do you do if you notice a person is agitated and has started pacing?
Notify security by dialing 4444 and/or call a code BERT
How long is long enough when washing your hands? (Extra credit if you can name a song to sing)
These are the medications that should be ordered for a known seizure patient?
IV Ativan or Intranasal Midazolam
How long is a typical Joint Commission survey?
4 days
This is what I should ask the family/visitors before they enter my suicide precautions patients room?
Secure their personal belongings in a locker
Your patient has restraints on both elbows and wrists. This is what your order should include?
Bilateral wrist, Bilateral elbows (all in one order).
If you do 2 separate orders, it cancels the first.
What do you do if you think there is mold in a cabinet?
Enter a work order and follow-up/call plant ops if urgent.
You accidentally spill liquid bleach and it splashes in your eye. What do you do?
1.) Rinse at the nearest eye wash (Dialysis for TCU).
2.) Review MSDS for directions on clean up.
3.) Enter an employee event.
What needs to be documented when giving tylenol PRN?
a PAIN score
if scheduled don't have to chart pain, but if PRN you must document a pain score
This is what I need to document when giving report to the sitter at shift change?
Document the name of the sitter in epic (report given to row)