Report
It's the beginning of my shift! Who am I talking to to get report?
Who are the previous shift unit assistants and my patients' nurses?
It's 0800, what do I need in my patients' rooms?
What is fresh water, clean linens, bathing supplies?
It's an even hour, what am I doing?
What are turns, toileting, oral cares, I & Os?
A bed alarm is going off! What am I doing?
What is running to the patient room?
A patient's head of the bed won't stay up, what do I do?
What is checking the headboard and footboard to make sure they are inserted all the way, resetting the bed by pulling the head all the way up and slamming it down, checking the CPR release, putting in a maintenance work ticket?
What is activity, diet, I & Os, toileting?
Meal time! Where is my patient?
What is the chair?
Strict I & Os with a foley catheter are completed...
Critical blood sugar to report to the nurse
What is a blood sugar less than 70?
A staff member asks you to put in a work ticket for them, where do I find that?
What is the intranet?
I am done getting report, what now?
What is patient rounding?
Brushing teeth and dentures happens how often?
What is twice a day?
It's 1800, an hour before my shift is done, what am I doing?
What is final patient rounds?
My patient is on the floor! What do I do?!
What is calling for help, grabbing the nurse?
A patient's TV remote won't work, what do I do?
What is turn the TV on with the button on the TV, hold the reset button on the remote until the TV turns off.
What is an element of hourly rounding?
What are the 5 P's?
Positioning, Potty, Personal belongings, Pain, Pathway
A patient with a central line needs a special bath.
What is a CHG bath?
It's 0600, an hour before my nightshift is done. What am I making sure is completed?
What are final patient rounds plus daily weights?
My patient's spacelab is alarming due to low oxygen. What do I do?
A patient's bed alarm is not alarming overhead, what could be wrong?
What is plug the bed into the wall?
What is a good report?
This patient in room 3108 is alert and oriented, assist of 2 to the bedside commode with a walker, NPO at this time, calls appropriately, has a port so will need a CHG bath today.
HS cares include...
When leaving a patient's room what do I check on before leaving?
What is bed/chair alarm, call light within reach, personal belongings within reach?
My patient is unresponsive, I need help in the room!
What is yell for help, dial 888 for a rapid response, hit the code blue button?
A patient's IV pump keeps alarming a downstream occlusion, what do I do?
What is tell the patient's nurse?