How would I find where to chart a PRN medication?
Which client's love going on nature walks?
River, Marissa, and Kayla
What is the first thing you do when you are preparing to pass medication?
Check the EMAR/MAR for medications to be administered on your shift and review the Health Progress Notes and the Communication Book/Rtasks messages for any changes.
Policy states that you have a grace period of ____ minutes to clock in or out without being too early or too late to your shift?
How do you send medication out of the facility?
Go under the Clinical tab, go to medication sent out of the facility, follow prompts.
How much alone time does each resident have in and out of the facility?
Kayla- 4 hours of alone time in the home, and unlimited alone time in the community with 8 hour check ins.
Denise- Unlimited alone time in the community with family, and 4 hours in the home if she is not having anxiety.
Marissa- No alone time in the community, and 3 hours of alone time in the home.
River- 2 hour alone time in the home, and unlimited alone time in the community with 6 hour check ins.
What do you do with a residents medication if they refuse to take them?
If the medications are refused or become contaminated (ie. dropped) they must be placed in the appropriate location for disposal.
policy states that you must notify your supervisor before what day of the prior month when you need a day off?
Before the 15th of the prior month.
Ex: If you need the 10th of June off, you would notify your supervisor before May 15th.
How do you receive medication?
A residents uncle calls looking for the resident. The resident is not home and he asks what time did she leave? what should be staffs response?
Inform them professionally that you can't give them any personal information regarding the resident.
What do I do if a client has a non cycled medication?
Call Falks Pharmacy to reorder this medication when there are 7 doses worth of medication left in the bubble packs.
Policy states that you have __ amount of time to notify a supervisor of an incident and you have __ amount of time to create an incident report.
24 hours to notify a supervisor and 72 hours for an incident report.
You do have this long but it's best to have this complete before the end of your shift.
How do you chart a behavior?
Click more, find unscheduled/PRN, follow prompts.
Which resident loves reptiles?
Kayla
How many times must you check a label on a medication before administering that medication?
Three times.
Policy states that all medication that is considered a narcotic, must be?
Locked up at all times, unless being administered or counted.
A client fell and needs to go to the hospital. What do I do?
-Call 911
-Get emergency packet ready
-Notify on call or supervisor
-Create an incident report
A resident is having a behavior, throwing items around the house, at the walls, and is yelling and screaming. What does staff do?
Offer and encourage healthy coping skills. Try your best to redirect the behavior. If you are unable to redirect then you should call 911.
The Right Individual, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right Date, Right Time, Right Route, and Right Documentation.
Policy states that you must be trained on this topic and that once you begin a job with AHL, you are officially what type of reporter?