Cares. Attitude. Respect. Excellence. Service.
What are Community Hospital's Core Values?
A skill used by caregivers to demonstrate respect for patient concerns and acknowledge patient fears.
What is empathy?
"For your safety..."
What are key words/phrases to use to demonstrate concern for patient's safety?
The five P's
What is pain, potty, position, plan, possessions?
Patient's perception of cleanliness are a response from these 3 senses.
What are smell, touch and sight?
This survey question measures patients' perceptions of the effectiveness of interactions and communications of staff in providing the highest quality care.
What is "How well staff at the surgery center worked together to care for you". In other words great teamwork!
Speaking up about a surgical consent form that says the procedure is on the right knee but the schedule said left knee.
What is Stop the Line?
Apologizing to the patient for a delay or long wait.
What is service recovery?
Demonstrate that real caring goes beyond medical intervention by showing concern for the patients is as important as physical care, and communication has a direct impact on the emotional experience in health care. Connect with the patient as a person, not just a diagnosis.
What is compassionate care?
Nurses telling patients about what to do if they experience fever, swelling, heat, drainage or redness.
What is discharge information about signs of post-operative infection?
The way we manage the patient's perception of staff responsiveness.
What is AIDET and keeping the patient informed?
Staff speaking highly of physicians and other caregivers.
What is managing up?
A skill/process used to ensure frequent checks on patients to assess comfort and patient needs.
What is patient rounding?
Patient survey comment: "Very caring, made me feel comfortable and safe. Would highly recommend".
What is a satisfied customer?
Program that states staff within 3 feet of a ringing call light should go into the room and assist the patient, picking up trash in the hallway.
What is No Pass Zone?
Patient Survey comment: "This was the very best experience I could have ever had. I appreciate all of you so much."
What is a satisfied customer!
Skill that involves what we say, how we say it, how we listen and body language.
What is good communication?
Patient survey comment: "Great explanation in terms I could understand".
What is effective communication?