Patient Experience
Sepsis
PPE
T's
Emergency (Plain Language) Codes
100
What does iCARE stand for?
Introduce, Connect, Anticipate, Reinforce, Extend
100
What should the RN verify (or obtained accurately) prior to administering a weight base medication or IVFB?
Weight (Must be standing scale or bed scale weight)
100
What does PPE stand for?
Personal Protective Equipment
100
Name the possible treatments for Cardiac Tamponade.
Pericardiocentesis
Pericardial Window
100
What is a Facility Alert – Electrical?
Generator fails during test or outside events affects the power to the hospital.
200
What are the 5 P’s of an inpatient hourly visit?
Pain, Potty, Position, Personal Items, and Parting
200
Prior to administering antibiotics what should the RN verify has been collected?
Blood Cultures
200
Name this process
Proper sequence for Putting on (Donning) PPE
200
Identify the condition
Tension Pneumothorax
200
What is the emergency code number to call?
"71” and identify campus, location and type of code being called.
300
Identify the 2 P’s in an ED frequent visit that are different from an inpatient hourly visit?
Personal comfort and Privacy. (Pain, Plan of Care, and Parting are the same)
300
Despite fluid resuscitation, your patient remains hypotensive. What stage of Sepsis would the RN suspect the patient has reached and what medication would you anticipate the patient requiring?
Septic Shock/Vasopressor
300
What do you wear for standard precautions?
Gloves
300
Name the antidote (drug of choice to treat):
1. Cocaine
2. Opioids
3. Cyanide
4. Local Anesthetics
1. Benzodiazepines, alpha-blockers, calcium channel blockers, nitroglycerin, and/or morphine.
2. Narcan/Naloxone
3. Hydroxocobalamin (Cyanokit), sodium thiosulfate, sodium nitrite
4. Intravenous lipid emulsion therapy (ILE)
300
Who are responders to a "Medical Alert-Rapid Response"?
Primary Nurse, ICU RN, House Supervisor, RT & ED tech.
400
What is AHC’s 2025 percentile rank goal for patient experience?
Top quartile/Top 75th percentile
400
Your patient requires a 30mg/kg IVF bolus. The bolus is administered from 13:00 to 14:00. In the hour following the bolus completion at 14:00, what is required to be obtained and documented a minimum of two times?
Blood Pressure
400
A patient is on airborne and contact precautions. How would you transport them to imaging?
Mask
400
What are causes of accidental Cyanide poisoning?
The most common cause of cyanide poisoning is hydrogen cyanide gas exposure through inhalation. Caused by burning of synthetic materials (plastic in house fires).
Prolonged infusions of sodium nitroprusside (Nitropress).
Cyanide can also be found in apple seeds, flax seeds, apricot pits, and bitter almonds.
400
What is the expected response for a Facility Alert- Code Brown?
Severe Weather Alert.
Get patients away from windows to avoid projectile impact or injury. Watch for EverBridge notifications.
Interested in becoming a weather spotter? Connect with your dept leader or engineering?
500
What does ACT stand for?
Acknowledge/Apologize, Correct, Thank.
*Extra 200 pt* Provide an example of when you used/saw ACT in the last week?
500
Your patient is a Sepsis alert and Sepsis bundle is initiated. HR: 110, Oral Temp:101.9 and WBC:15. The provider suspects pneumonia and orders a broad-spectrum antibiotic. The lactic acid result is 2.2. What stage of Sepsis would you suspect at this time?
Severe Sepsis
500
The client has been diagnosed with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE). You need to deliver the client their meal tray. What PPE is required when delivering a meal tray into a client’s room?
Gown and Gloves
500
Identify the T:
- Sudden shortness of breath
- Tracheal deviation (late sign)
- Uneven chest movement and breath sounds
- Jugular vein distension (JVD)
Tension Pneumothorax
500
What is Facility Alert – Bed Capacity?
Beds are full throughout hospital with holding of patients in the ED. (goal is to facilitate discharges – may also be referred to as “Red Surge”).