ADLs
This ADL refers to teeth brushing and the prevention of ventilator associated pneumonias (VAPs)
What is Oral Care?
An infant has an 0800 weight: what scale would you use and what considerations would you take?
What is infant scale and naked weight
ADLs
What is activities of daily living?
This hospital wide initiative aims to achieve zero preventable harm through shared commitments to consistently applied safety and quality practices?
What is Target Zero?
You are asked to set up a room for an admission, these are the supplies that you will grab from the supply room.
What are age-appropriate blood pressure cuff, pulse ox, suction canisters, tubing, catheters and depending on the unit bag/mask?
This ADL is provided daily to patients with a central line
What is Bed Bath, CHG Bath and linen change?
This vital sign measures a systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressure.
What is blood pressure?
Q4
What is every 4 hours?
This bundle includes the CA/RNs responsibility of turning a patient Q2 hours who is unable to resposition themselves.
What is PI (Pressure Injury) bundle?
When setting up a room for a patient in DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis), these are additional supplies that you could grab to assist the RN.
What are lancets, alcohol swabs, glucometer strips and the glucometer?
This ADL entails assisting the patient to walk
What is ambulation?
You are asked to take a blood pressure on an infant and the reading is 116/92; what steps do you take next?
What is reattempt the blood pressure and if still elevated, notify the RN?
VS
This skill is a part of the hygiene bundle and should be completed by all caregivers upon entering and exiting the room.
What is hand hygiene?
When setting up a room for an infant with respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough/runny nose), these are additional supplies that you could grab to assist the RN.
What is saline bullets, nasal aspirator and additional suction catheters?
When dressing a patient with a PIV in their left arm (affected); the clean shirt should go on which arm first?
What is their left arm?
Your patient's temperature is 37.8*C; do you notify your RN?
What is Yes, 37.8*C is 100*F and could indicate that the patient is about to spike a fever?
PO
What is per os? Latin for by mouth
This bundle includes the CA/RN responsibility of diaper changes and foley care when a patient is soiled.
What is the CAUTI (catheter associated urinary tract infection) bundle?
The RN is very busy and delegates to the CA to start an IV in their other room, is this a part of the CA scope?
What is no, PIVs are not within the CAs scope of practice. However, the CA can assist the RN with holding and distraction techniques while they are starting the PIV
Sanitizing high-touch surfaces, daily bed baths/CHG baths, and linen changes are all components of this Target Zero Bundle
What is the CLABSI bundle?
When obtaining a blood pressure on a teenager, where should you place the cuff?
What is on an unaffected (no PIVs/PICCs) upper extremity with the arterial marker lined up with the brachial artery?
EKG (ECG)
Electrocardiogram
This bundle includes the CA/RN responsibility of daily baths/CHG baths, and linen changes.
What is the CLABSI (Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection) Bundle?
The patient is receiving blood products, and the RN asks you to get a set of vital signs 1 hour post the transfusion being completed, is this within the scope as a CA?
What is yes, obtaining vital signs is within the CAs scope of practice and any abnormal vital signs should be reported to the RN immediately.