Emergency Nurses Orientation Finale

Delegation

100

I help with vital signs, patient care, patient transportation and more.

What is a clinical assistant?

200

I can only take these 3 initial vital signs when I am helping a nurse triage a patient.

What is temperature, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation?

300

I will tell you when this result is less than 60 and greater than 200.

What is a blood glucose level?

400

You delegated this to me but it is not appropriate as the patient is symptomatic.

What is orthostatic vital signs?

500

Describe a patient that I am not able to transport upstairs and why.

Seizure patient; patient on new oxygen requirement; patient on a PCA pump; patient on a vasopressor.

Sedation

100

I am located right outside of the sedation room.

What is the code cart?

200

I am the typical two medications used in a sedation.

What are ketamine and propofol?

300

I need one copy for the procedure and one copy for the sedation.

What is a consent form?

400

I am the most important thing that should be done just prior to the MD administering the first medication.

What is a time-out?

500

Sedation Equipment

Student group will show the class the equipment needed in the sedation room and its importance.

Trauma

100

I am the first assessment the trauma resident recites in the room.

What is the primary assessment?

200

I stand at the head of the bed managing the airway?

Who is the emergency room fellow?

300

I might need to be placed because of a pneumothorax.

What is a chest tube?

400

I can help warm fluids or blood at any rate.

What is the ranger?

500

Trauma skill set-up

Correctly sets up the Level 1 Rapid infuser

Vital Signs

100

I have a fever if my temperature is this in celsius.

What is 38.4 degrees celsius

200

I am having an asthma exacerbation and these two vital signs are abnormal for me.

What is my oxygen saturation and my respiratory rate.

300

You just gave me adenosine because this vital sign extremely high.

What is my heart rate?

400

I have hypoplastic left heart syndrome and this vital sign may be lower than normal?

What is my oxygen saturation?

500

Give a set of normal vital signs for a neonate

Temp: 36-37.5

HR: 90-160

BP: Systolic 60-80

RR: 30-50

O2 Sat: 98-100

Behavioral Health

100

I get asked these questions if I am 10 years of age or older.

What are Ask-Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)?

200

I will most likely be upset when you take this item away from me.

What is my cell phone?

300

This task should be completed ASAP upon my arrival to the ED.

What is my medication history?

400

I need these three medical items completed for me to be medically cleared.

Urine tox

Rapid COVID

EKG

500

Safety room to medical room

Student will share the steps of making a safe behavioral health room medical again.