ADL'S
This ADL involves maintaining personal hygiene and grooming, including washing the face, brushing teeth, and combing hair.
What is bathing/grooming
Scanning the unit, and patient's rooms while conducting wellness checks is called what?
What is an Environmental scan?
This is the correct way to announce a patient's name over the intercom
What is patients first name and last initial
This is the type of relationship where a nurse maintains a professional alliance with the patient
What is a therapeutic relationship?
This drives the patient's individualized care.
What is the IPOC
Dysphagia patients require nursing staff to do this any time they are eating
What is monitor 1:1
All nursing staff, including CSS are required to get this during cross shift?
What is report
This is any health information that can identify a person and is related to their past, present, or future health. This information can be in any form, including electronic, paper, or oral.
What is PHI
This is the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person.
What is Professionalism?
This is required for every IPOC
What is a long term goal, short term goal and intervention
Difficulty with this ADL may increase fall risk and require mobility aids like walkers or wheelchairs.
What is ambulating/mobility?
Items that should be counted at Cross Shift include
What are laptops, headphones, sharps, keys, money, RIPP restraints, narcotics (med nurse)
This type of violation is when 2 staff members are talking about patient confidential information in the lobby
What is a violation of HIPPA
Mental health professionals should avoid this type of relationship with patients, as it can blur professional boundaries.
What is a personal/romantic relationship?
These types are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time driven.
What are SMART Goals
When a patient is being handed out food, this must always be checked by nursing staff prior to giving the patient their food.
What is a diet sheet?
This is utilized by a staff member to receive report when coming to the unit during the middle of the shift
What is a tape recorder
You must do this in the subject line every time you send an email with protected patient information
What is Type the word Encrypt
A nursing staff member began screaming and arguing in the day hall with another nursing staff member. This is a violation of which Code?
What is a Violation of Code of Conduct
This goal drives the patient's plan toward discharge
What is a Long-Term goal
The process for storing and dispensing laundry detergent pods
What is keep pods behind a locked door where patients do not have access, patients are not able to handle the Laundry Detergent pods at any time, staff place the pods in the washing machine for the patient.
This is what occurs when completing an S/R room check by the Charge RN during Cross Shift
Scan the floor, cubbies, check mattress and lift mattress for contraband or items left behind
This is the statement staff will use when unsure if they are able to release patient information
What is: Due to Federal Privacy Laws, I am unable to neither confirm nor deny if a patient by that name is here. You can leave your information and if that person is here, they may or may not choose to return the call.
This is a set of moral principles: a theory or system or moral values: the principles of conduct governing an individual or group: a guiding philosophy
What is ethics
This is required for RNs to help patient's meet their short term/long term goals and must include the following: RN will meet with a patient 1:1 Q 15 min a week to establish effective coping skills to decrease anxiety
What is a Nursing Intervention