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200

This amount of time should pass after giving insulin before a blood glucose correction dose can be given.

What is 2-3 hours?

200

Kathy's motto, "every line, every time", refers to this essential piece of documentation.

What is the pre-procedure checklist?

200

This area of the care plan auto-populates for every patient but should be individualized to include necessary care that needs to be completed during admission. 

What is Health Management and Discharge Readiness

200

This is the maximum age and frequency Sweet Ease should be given to an infant for procedural comfort.

What is 6 months old and 2-3 times/day.

200

The RN is responsible for including this information on every AVS. 

What is the next medication dose time?

400

Blood glucose is typically checked at these intervals when a diabetic patient is taking PO.

What is before meals, at bedtime, midnight, and 0300.

400

Infants under 9 months should be dressed in the following clothing items after a procedure

What is an infant kimono or gown, booties, sleep sack and hat?

400

This care plan feature allows staff to reactivate previous care plans that contain patient-specific information and typically relate to chronic conditions or treatments.

What is bring forward.

400

This must be labeled with patient name and barcode whether stored in the patient room or on the unit. 

What is expressed human milk? 


400

Asking the PFE to help with patient discharge would not be appropriate if the expected length of time for discharge exceeds. 

What is 15 minutes?

600

This is the ideal timeframe for carbohydrate correcting insulin dose administration and carbohydrate consumption.

What is before meals or within 30 minutes after?

600

This nursing documentation drives the Surgery Team's decision making during the post-operative period. 

What is patient I&O

600

This documentation on care plans is required each shift. 

What are care plan progress notes?

600

This should not be performed when caring for an uncircumcised infant or toddler

What is retracting the foreskin?

600

When discharging a patient that requires an interpreter, the RN should enter consults for both of these steps before contacting a PFE or attempting to discharge a patient.

What are consults for AVS translation and consult for discharge? 

800

Two RNs must verify this device's programming and document any administrations in the MAR.

What is a patient's home insulin pump?

Caregiver is responsible for programming the pump; RNs verify pump settings.

800

This iconic American fare takes a transformative journey in this classic prompt from Kathy Leack

What is the Path of the Cheesburger?

800

Guidelines and tip sheets addressing care plans can be found in this Epic resource area.

What is 'My Learning Home'?

800

Cardiac monitoring for apnea and bradycardia is required for 12 hours following anesthesia for term infants of less than this post-conceptual age.

What is 44 wks? 52 weeks for pre-term; 2 hours- all <9 months

800

All patients should be discharged no later than ____ after active discharge order is entered by the provider. 

What is 2 hours?


1000

This should always be used to obtain all blood glucose readings.

What is the hospital glucometer?

1000

Post-surgical patients MUST do this 4x per day and that 3x per day as ordered. 

What is ambulate in the hall and get up to the chair?

 

1000

Each RN should be entering this number of nursing diagnoses and this type of information for each patient.

What is 1-2 nursing diagnoses that are individualized?

1000

This signage must be displayed at the bedside if a patient's clinical condition requires positioning that does not comply with ABCs of safe sleep.

What is the Safe Sleep Wheel sign?

1000

The bedside RN is responsible for reviewing this area of the discharge navigator and reaching out to other departments for clearance before contacting a PFE RN to assist with patient discharge. 

What is Discharge Readiness?