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Workplace Behavior
Nursing Department
The Patient's Chart
Medication Orders
Vocabulary
100
A set of standards for behavior that is based on values.
What is code or ethics.
100
Department that provides constant specialized nursing care to critically ill patients.
What is the Intensive Care Unit or ICU
100
Ink
What is what must all chart form entries be written in?
100
All medication orders are sent by__________ to the________.
What is by fax to the pharmacy?
100
A term used in hospitals to summon additional help for a patient who has stopped breathing and/or whose heart has stopped beating.
What is Code Blue
200
NINP on a patient's chart would mean
What is deny any information about the patient.
200
CNA is the abbreviation for
What is a Certified Nursing Assistant
200
When using this, there are always 4 digits.
What is military time.
200
An as needed order is referred to as this.
What is prn order?
200
The transmission of data electronically to a distant location.
What is Telemetry
300
These should be turned off while one is working on the nursing unit.
What are cell phones.
300
A method of outlining a patient's path of treatment for a specific diagnosis, procedure or symptom.
What is a Clinical Pathway
300
Upon patient discharge, the paper chart is sent here.
What is the health information management department?
300
amoxicillin, azithromycin and ciproflaxacin are this type of medication.
What is an antibiotic?
300
To empty, especially the urinary bladder.
What is Void
400
If a HUC is alerted to a potentially violent situation, they should immediately contact this department.
What is security
400
A patient who was critically ill, still requires specialized care, but no longer needs intensive care would go to the ______ unit
What is Stepdown
400
This alert should always be listed on the outside of the chart
What is Allergies?
400
Anticoagulant agents are....
What are drugs that thin the blood and prevent clots from forming in the blood?
400
Portions of the patient's current paper chart that are removed when the chart becomes so full that is is unmanageable.
What is a Split or Thinned Chart
500
To provide feedback and to make compensation decisions is the purpose of this.
What is an employee performance evaluation?
500
A graduate of a 2-4 year college-based program or a 3-year hospital based program and currently is licensed to practice in the state of employment.
What is a Registered Nurse
500
HIPAA stands for
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
500
Translate the following medication order: ASA 325 mg PO q4h prn for fever >101
What is aspirin 325 milligrams by mouth every 4 hours as needed for fever greater than 101
500
The health care team member who performs nonclinical patient care tasks for the nursing unit.
What is a Health Unit Coordinator or HUC