What do you think
Central staffing office phone number
215-481-4922
Patients get bathed Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays
Patients should be offered items and assistance for personal hygiene daily
Doing this with medication ensure the patient is receiving the correct; medication, dose at the correct time
Barcode Scanning
Only CHF patients require I&O documented
All patients need a record of input and output
CBC stands for
Complete blood count
You need to call out sick, while on orientation. who do you call.
Central staffing office
Daily
A unit of blood can stay on the unit how long before administered
30 minutes
The nurse is responsible to verify blood consent prior to administration
True
This morning the patient was AAOx3, now your patient is confused and week on 1 side, what do you do
Call a stroke alert
After giving a PRN pain medication when should a pain reassessment occur
Within 1 hour
How many days can a PIV dwell?
As long as clinically indicated and there are no signs and symptoms of infection
Your patient suddenly unresponsible, what should you do
Call a code
What does PERRLA stand for
Pupils are Equal, Round, Reactive to Light and Accommodation
Give an example of a medication that treats heart failure
ACE, ARBs, beta blockers, diuretics, furosemide, digoxin, metoprolol
All hospitalized patients must have vascular access.
Vascular access must be medically indicated