Report
Patient Care
Every 2 Hours
Uh oh!
Fix-it Felix
100

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?

100

It's 0800, what do I need in my patients' rooms?

What is fresh water, clean linens, bathing supplies?

100

It's an even hour, what am I doing?

What are turns, toileting, oral cares, I & Os?

100

A bed alarm is going off! What am I doing?

What is running to the patient room?

100

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?

200
Key points in report

What is activity, diet, I & Os, toileting?

200

Meal time! Where is my patient?

What is the chair?

200

Strict I & Os with a foley catheter are completed...

What is every 2 hours and coordinating with your nurse?
200

Critical blood sugar to report to the nurse

What is a blood sugar less than 70?

200

A staff member asks you to put in a work ticket for them, where do I find that?

What is the intranet?

300

I am done getting report, what now?

What is patient rounding?

300

Brushing teeth and dentures happens how often?

What is twice a day?

300

It's 1800, an hour before my shift is done, what am I doing?

What is final patient rounds?

300

My patient is on the floor! What do I do?!

What is calling for help, grabbing the nurse?

300

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.

400

What is an element of hourly rounding?

What are the 5 P's?

Positioning, Potty, Personal belongings, Pain, Pathway

400

A patient with a central line needs a special bath.

What is a CHG bath?

400

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?

400

My patient's spacelab is alarming due to low oxygen. What do I do?

What is check the connection, check if it is a good reading, get the nurse ASAP?
400

A patient's bed alarm is not alarming overhead, what could be wrong?

What is plug the bed into the wall?

500

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.

500

HS cares include...

What is brushing teeth/dentures, washing face, toileting, putting back to bed?
500

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?

500

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?

500

A patient's IV pump keeps alarming a downstream occlusion, what do I do?

What is tell the patient's nurse?

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