Process Improvement
Name one process improvement project your unit has been involved in.
QBL - QBL in vaginal deliveries is a project we started this year and continue to work on and improve.
2 patient identifiers
Name and DOB
Are you fit tested?
Name one process improvement project your unit has been involved in this year.
Malignant Hyperthermia - we have always had a MH cart and 5th floor staff complete MH training annually online. For 2023 we have taken a more hands-on approach with discussion and demonstrations during our annual competency this last spring.
What is within 60 minutes after interventions?
- Document reassessments via the MAR not INET to keep timing consistent
State procedures for staff blood exposure.
What is follow flow chart?
- call hotline
- Draw staff labs
- Draw patient labs
One method St Luke's uses for PI Projects on the unit level.
What is Kaizen?
Describe the process for narcotic waste
What is
- Find another RN
- Pull the med
- Witness in pyxis
- Draw up the med to be wasted and waste in the charcoal container
- Take med to be given to patient in the original vial to the patient's bedside for administration.
Steps during a Code Silver
What is Run, Hide, Fight?