Safety
We use these two patient identifiers when providing care.
Name and DOB
These types of nails are prohibited when working in direct patient care, food services, or EVS.
Nails greater than 1/4 inch, chipped polish, and anything that requires UV light curing.
Sound alike/look alike medication list can be found here.
Medication Management P&P
This is documented hourly when a patient has a PCA.
Dose demands, doses delivered, and POX reading.
You do this when asked a question by a surveyor, and unsure of the answer.
Check the P&P or describe what resources you would use (charge nurse, leader...etc.)
This indicates that a piece of medical equipment is ready for use. (two answers)
There are no exposed wires or broken pieces, and it is clean.
This is where to look for dwell time of cleaning products.
Check the canister for dwell time.
1 minute - Sani Cloth Prime
4 minute - Sani Cloth Bleach wipes
These are single use, should have a patient label on them, and given to family at discharge.
Pill splitter/crusher
A violent restraint order is renewed with this frequency.
Four hoursfor18 and older
Two hoursfor9-17
One hour for 8 and younger
Stop! Drop! Roll! RACE is an acronym for this.
R - rescue those in immediate danger
A - Alarm - pull alarm and dial 88
C - Contain - close doors and place blankets under them
E - Extinguish using PASS, and Evacuate
A patient's fall risk is evaluated with this frequency.
Daily, and when the patient status changed.
The radius around a sink, otherwise known as the "splash zone", is this size.
36 inches or 3 feet
Pharmacy has relabeled a controlled substance brought from home. It is now kept in this location.
In the possession of the family. CW staff do not take possession or lock up the medication.
It is the responsibility of the admitting nurse to initiate this.
Care Plan
PPE includes this.
Gown, gloves, mask, eyewear
This is removed from the room for all SI patients.
Patient clothing, belongings, and electronics
These are examples of when hand sanitizer are not used.
After bathroom
Visibly soiled
Special isolation precautions
Before handling food
Your patient has multiple orders for pain. You know which medication to use by looking at this.
Indication for use.
Care Plans must be individualized within this timeframe upon admission.
24 hours
The single, most proven, effective way to prevent the spread of infection.
Hand hygiene
This is the name of our Safety Event Reporting System.
Origami
These are posted outside all patient rooms and should be followed by all staff.
Isolation precautions
Controlled substances that cannot be reused or a partial dose remaining are wasted with a witness and documented within this timeframe.
1 hour
Education is understood by the family when this occurrs.
The family can teach-back and demonstrate skill
This is how to verify that a provider has privileges at our facility.
1. Connect - without logging in
2. Campus partner resources
3. Provider privilege verification