Assessment
Wounds & drains
Discharge criteria
Documentation
Miscellaneous ASU
100

Taken immediately upon admission; ½ hour post admission; then every hour until discharge or as ordered by physician.

What are vital signs 

100

Sent home with the patient to facilitate wound care & assessment 

What are Discharge instructions

100

If patient does not meet one or more of the discharge criteria 

What is Notify the physician 

100

 Flow Sheet section that is filled out every time you talk to a provider 

What is Provider Communication / notification section

100

Offered every time you interact with a language impair patient 

What is CHS Language assistance services 

200

98.6 - 100.4 (37 - 38)

What is an acceptable patient temperature range

200

When do you notify the physician 

What is When your drain or wound has

Bright Red blood

Increased pain at the site 

Becomes dislodged

Copious drainage in or around the drain 

200

Done on admission & discharge to any unit 

What is Skin assessment

200

Should not to be used to obtain orders 

What is Secure Chat 

200

Must be removed prior to sending patient to surgery 

What is All jewelry

300

Absent or under control before discharge 

What is Nausea & vomiting, bleeding, pain 

300

Most important thing to teach your patient about dressing changes at home 

What is wash you hands before you do this 

300

Eliminated or controlled before discharge

What is ...

Nausea & vomiting

Pain 

Bleeding

300

In the event the EMR is down use 

What is downtime paper form 

300

Should be done by all patients 

What is Bathing night before & day of surgery

400

Temperature

color 

pulses 

Capillary Refill

Pain

What is a neurovascular assessment


400

When should a patient be told to notify their physician

  • Fever over 100.4  or chills.
  • Increased pain, swelling, redness, or heat around the wound.
  • Pus or foul-smelling drainage.
  • Drainage that suddenly stops or drastically increases.
  • Stitches or staples pulling apart
400

Given to every patient at discharge 

What is Discharge summary & instructions 

400

If it isn't documented ?

What is "It wasn't done" 

400

What to do if patients temperature below 96.8

What is Actively warm (Bear Hugger)

500

Chart

Patient interview

Patient assessment assessment 

Family

What are the 4 ways to obtain patient history

500

Who do you teach wound care to when sending a patient home 

Who is Patient & Family 

500

What must be consistent with pre-procedure levels 

What are Vital Signs

500

Patient always get discharged to the front door via

What is... 

Hospital personnel 

Wheel Chair 

500

When you're admitting a Pre-Operative patient what are the first things you should do  

What are ...

Introduce yourself 

Verify patient using 2 point verification

Check orders