Don't Hurt Me
An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage
What is the definition of Pain
Ethical term meaning to do good and act in our veteran's best interest.
What is Beneficence?
Any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer.”
What is a Medication Error?
Veterans can drink water in between meals only if this is completed.
What is good oral care?
An ongoing, interactive process between veterans, caregivers and others that honor the veteran's dignity and choices in directing their daily life.
What is Person Centered Care?
Tool we use to assess pain in our veterans.
What is WILD CATS?
A structured communication tool that is evidence-based to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals and to improved patient safety.
What is SBART?
This medication requires a second RN to verify dose and document in BCMA.
What is Insulin?
Must be completed before any diet can be ordered?
What is the Dysphagia Screen?
An assessment instrument that elicits individual preferences and supports effective care planning to enrich the quality and meaning of our veteran's daily experiences.
What is Preferences of Everyday Living Inventory (PELI)?
This must be documented within an hour of administering an as needed pain medication.
What is prn Effectiveness?
How often do you need to run controls on the Glucometer?
What is Quarterly?
Procedure for wasting narcotics.
What is always have a second RN witness you wasting narcotic medications and document in OMNICELL.
Veterans on thickened liquids are at risk for this
What is Dehydration?
Facility. Patient. Feeder. Wanderer.
What are words that we do NOT use in our veteran's home.
Massage. Heating pad. Ice pack. Distraction. TENS unit. Acupuncture... to name a few.
What are non-pharmacological interventions?
A type of palliative care that is focused on comfort and quality of life in the final stages of an advanced illness. Life expectancy is measured in months, not years, usually 6 months or less.
What is Hospice?
Psychotropic medications require monitoring of these side effects.
What are EPS and Tardive dyskinesia side effects?
Order this if a veteran has upper extremity problems with feeding self and/or completing oral care.
What is an OT Consult?
The goal of "this" is to create a healthcare system and workforce that can deliver the highest quality of care to every patient regardless of race, ethnicity, culture or language proficiency.”
What is Cultural Competence?
Document that occurs on admission, weekly and when a veteran's pain score is > 4 (or above pain goal).
What is entering a Pain Assessment Note in CPRS?
Legal term referring to an individual having sufficient ability make decisions. It may be limited to personal care, financial, and/or medical decisions.
What is Competence?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The 9 rights of Medication Administration
1.Right veteran
2.Right medication
3.Right dose
4.Right route
5.Right time
Right documentation
7.Right reason
8.Right to refuse
9.Right evaluation and monitoring
Nutrition screen trigger when Braden score is _________ or ______________.
What is less than 12 or new/worsening wound?
3 individualized dimensions addressed when planning activities for our veterans.
What are physical, mental, and psychosocial dimensions?