Acronyms
What to do in the event of a fire:
What is R.A.C.E. Rescue, Activate, Confine and Evacuate?
The quality control solutions for the glucose monitor expire....
What is 3 months after being put into use or on the date printed on the control vial, whichever comes first?
Where do you chart that interpreter services were utilized??
What is the flowsheet?
In PSC, pain assessment is documented here....
What is vital signs flowsheet?
This is an incident management system utilized by MSK during emergency situations.
What is HICS (the hospital incident command system)?
Extinguishing a fire:
What is P.A.S.S: Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep?
Glucose monitor test strips expire.....
What is 6 months after the test strip vial is opened or on the date printed on the test strip vial, whichever comes first?
The pre anesthesia evaluation is reviewed ________ times.
What is 3 times?
The patient is assessed pre-operatively in pre surgical testing and a Pre Anesthesia Evaluation is performed and documented by a NP. This can be seen in CIS.
Within 48 hours of surgery an attending Anesthesiologist will review the original evaluation and confirm the information by adding their signature, this can only be seen in EPIC.
The morning of surgery the Anesthesiologist reviews the assessment and confirms that there has been no changes in patient status. This is confirmed by the removal of the icon in Epic Grease Board.
The CPOT pain scale stands for.....
What is Critical Care Pain observation?
This occurs initially during the hiring process, on orientation, annually, and as needed throughout the individual's employment at MSK.
What is Competency?
The directions that manufacturers provide to ensure safe use, storage, handling, maintenance, cleaning and disinfection of their products.
What is MIFU (Manufacturer's Instructions for use)?
Urine pregnancy test cassette expires.....
What is Manufacturers expiration date?
JC surveyor says: show me the assessment of the patient by the surgeon on the day of surgery. what do you say?
You SAY:
H&P or Initial Consult valid up to 30 days prior to surgery, with a co-sign from surgeon and day of interval note from PA or surgeon.
Day of Surgery: S (surgeon ready icon) completes when site marking, consent and H&P are documented
If you give a patient IV pain medication, when should you re-assess for pain?
What is: Perianesthesia patients will be assessed for pain level at the time of medication administration and pain effectiveness assessed at a minimum of every 15 minutes until the patient reports adequate pain relief.
Communiation of practice changes and policy updates are sent monthly via......
What is the EBP (Evidence Based Practice) update?
Team you call when your patient's condition is getting worse:
What is RRT (Rapid Response Team)?
Call 6000 for RRT or code
opened IV bags out of overwrap and labeled expires when?
What is 15 days? Policy NUR-NPM-0800
RN must not remove the overwrap from IV bags until ready to use.
If stored IV fluid bag is removed from manufacturer supplied overwrap and not used immediately, bag must be labeled with 15 days beyond use by date.
Complete ______________ section in the Pre-procedure navigator to ensure all charting is complete.
What is verify?
Opioid pain medication education given on discharge....
What is "Opioids what you need to know"?
This is a rapid and simple method of assessing a patient's likelihood of falling. All surgical patients admitted in PSC are assessed using this upon admission.
What is MFS (Morse Fall Scale)?
What is NPSG (National Patient Safety Goals)?
Testing for pregnancy: Urine and Blood HCG
What is 24 hours and 14 days?
Where can you find an emergency protocol in EPIC?
what is:
Find the patient in EPIC on the status board, click emergency protocols on the toolbar.
Critical events checklist in EPIC:
open patient chart, click sidebar summary, in the default surgery report, the first section is a link to the MSK Perioperative Critical Events Checklist. Click view PDF to open it.
These are included in the pain assessment on the flowsheet....
what is pain score, pain location, pain orientation, pain radiating, pain descriptors, pain frequency, effect of pain on daily activities, patient's states pain goal, pain interventions
What is PHI (Patient Health Information)?