PCT Role
This is the term for the transfer of responsibility for the performance of a task.
What is delegation?
Perform Chest_____
What are Compressions, or BLS?
This is the normal systolic blood pressure (SBP) range.
What is 90-160?
Before we leave the room, we engage this...
What are the bed or chair alarms?
This soap decreases the risk for infection.
What is Chlorhexadine Soap?
Heart rate, respirations, blood pressure, temperature, oxygen saturation
What are vital signs?
This cart has the AED, ambu bag and medications needed for a code situation.
What is the code cart or crash cart?
This is what you do with any accucheck result.
What is tell your nurse?
We do this to check on our patients frequently, even before they call for assistance.
What is Hourly Rounding?
These activities include walking, turning, and sitting on the side of the bed.
What is patient mobility?
This is another word for a blood glucose "check"
What is accu-check?
These tasks may require your running shoes.
"Running" labs, "running" equipment and "running" supplies to and from the room where the code is happening.
This is the normal O2 saturation (SPO2).
What is greater than (>) 90%?
This is the footwear we make sure our fall risk patients have on them before they ambulate.
What are yellow non-skid socks?
Food, fluids, urine, stool and drainage are examples of these.
What are intake and output?
Collected using a bed scale, chair scale or standing scale.
What are Daily weights?
If a Code Blue goes well you might help with this.
What is help transport the patient to a higher level of care.
These are the main 2 patient identifiers and where the information is found.
What are their name and date of birth which are found on the ID bracelet and patient labels?
We stay with our high fall risk patients at these times.
When they are in the bathroom, up walking, or standing for ADLs.
You might use the patient's room phone or desk phone to help your patient with this task.
What is ordering a meal?
CBC, BMP, PT/INR and lactic acid are all examples of:
Lab draws or blood work
If the Code Blue does not go well, you might help with this.
What is post mortem care?
This is the action you would take if your patient's respirations per minute is 6.
What is notify your nurse?
What are the 5 "P's" (and an "S") of Hourly Rounding?
What are Pain, Personal Needs (or Potty), Positioning, Possessions, Protein (food), and Safety?
Ideally, this is where patients should be during mealtimes.
What is up in a chair?