Patient Care
You receive an order for IV Cardizem. This resource will tell you if you can administer it on your unit.
IV Drug Guide
Your phone goes off that there is a tornado watch, you turn to this resource to know what to do
Emergency preparedness guide
Your staff member says they are getting an admit with Peritoneal Dialysis and wants to know what to do
Point them to the inpatient dialysis sharepoint site.
A nurse comes to you saying their patient is upset and asking for the charge nurse. You implement this model when addressing their concerns
The HEAT model
The average person blinks this many times per minute
14 to 17 times.
You receive an order for IV Gangciclovir and want to know what precautions you need to take. You look at this resource
Hazardous Medications
You hear "hey charge my comfort care patient just died, what do I do?" You point them to this resource
Post Mortem Flowsheet
Staff comes to you and says they have an order to draw a TSH lab off a PICC line but don't know what color tube to draw. You point them to this resource
Lab testing guide
Epic isn't working and staff need to know what medications to give, you point them to
Epic Downtime Computer
You will find this many colors in a regular bag of M&M's
6 (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, brown)
A new nurse has never removed a JP drain and wants to know where to look for a tipsheet on how to do this. You point them here
Mosbys (look under the notes!)
DNV is here and asks where to find MSDS information. You point them to this resource
The hub (search MSDS)
A new nurse says they think a patient has bedbugs, what resource do you point them to for precautions to take
Isolation table
A nurse on medsurg received an order to administer IV push Metoprolol. The IV Drug Guide says you can administer it, but you pull up this resource to find the administration information.
IV Drug Guide
This is the rarest blood type
AB negative
A nurse come up to you and states their pt needs an IV placed, but they haven't tried. How do you help them?
Go look for an IV site with the nurse and assist them in placing one.
A newer nurse on your unit was emptying a foley without eye protection and it splashed in their eyes. You call this number.
Employee Health
Its 3am and a nurse on your unit has lost a patient and ask you what to do. You instruct them to call this number and provide this information.
104-1234 and a description of the missing patient
Your patient has a blood transfusion reaction, what resource will give you information on what to do?
Mosbys: Blood product administration addendum
This is what MRI stands for
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
A patient on your units needs restraints. While we do have a restraints policy, this resource also has UnityPoint specific information.
Mosbys: Restraint free enviornment note section
This resource will tell you what steps to take in case of a tornado warning
Emergency Preparedness
Staff points to the red telephone on your unit and ask what its for
Emergency phone for when lines are down.
You hear "Hey charge my suicidal patient is trying to leave AMA. what do I do?" what intervention can you implement?
If it's after courthouse hours, obtain a 48 hour emergency hold by calling the magistrate on call, while another nurse calls public safety.
If it's during courthouse hours, fax an emergency hold to the courthouse, while another nurse calls public safety.
This is the most deadly animal in the world
The mosquito