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Standards of Practice
Overdose/Poisoning
Protocol Meds
100

As determined by an R.N., physician, podiatrist, dentist or optometrist means the following 3 conditions prevail at the same time in a given situation:

The patient's clinical condition is predictable; medical or nursing orders are not changing frequently and do not contain complex modifications; the patients clinical condition requires only basic nursing

What is a basic patient situation
100
Acts delegated to a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse
Delegated act
100
The determination of a patient's progress or lack of progress toward goal achievement which may lead to modification of the nursing diagnosis
What is an Evaluation
100

True or False: According to the Nursing Protocol for Overdose and Poisoning; a nurse may give Activated charcoal with sorbitol without an MD order

What is False.

MD or Poison Control Order ONLY: Activated charcoal with sorbitol

100
This is the dose for Aspirin in the Chest Pain protocol?
What is 325mg
200
a person receiving nursing care by an RN or LPN performing nursing services for compensation
What is a patient
200
A physician, podiatrist, dentist, optometrist or advanced practice nurse provider
What is a Provider
200
Developing a nursing plan of care for a patient which includes goals and priorites derived from the nursing diagnosis.
What is Planning
200

True or False: According to the Overdose/Poisoning Nursing Protocol, healthcare staff will monitor the patient in the HSU for 24 hours if treated onsite or offsite

What is True
200
This is the sublingual dose of Nitro in the Chest Pain Protocol
What is 0.4mg
300
Regularly coordinate, direct and inspect the practice of another
What is General Supervision
300
The care that can be performed following a defined nursing procedure with minimal modification in which  the responses of the patient to the nursing care are predictable.
What is Baisc Nursing Care
300
The nursing action to implement the plan of care by directly administering care or by directing and supervising nurse acts delegated to LPN's or less skilled assistants.
What is an Intervention
300
True or False: Activated charcoal is recommended for alcohol and lithium overdoses.
What is False
300
This systolic number must be reached before giving Nitro.
What is 100 mm/hg
400

As determined by an R.N....any one of the following conditions exist in a given situation:

The patient's clinical condition is not predictable; medical or nursing orders are likely to involve frequent changes or complex modifications; the patient's clinical condition indicates care that is likely to require modification of nursing procedures in which the response of the patient to the nurse care are not predictable.

What is a Complex Patient Situation
400
Immediate availability to continually coordinate, direct and inspect at first hand the practice of another.
What is Direct Supervision
400
The systematic and continual collection and analysis of data about the health status of a patient culminating in the formulation of a nursing diagnosis.
What is an Assessment
400
Security staff can administer this medication into the nostril of an inmate-patient in a suspected overdose situation.
What is Nasal Narcan
400
This is the dose of the epi pen auto injector

Epipen Auto-Injector – Epinephrine 0.3ml (0.3mg) IM