Survey Success
Infection Prevention
Safety and Security
Miscellaneous
Patient Safety
Environment of Care
Medication Management
100
An accrediting organization that evaluates a health care organization’s performance in areas that affect quality and safety
Who is The Joint Commission?
100
Basic steps we use to protect our patients and ourselves from infection (i.e. hand hygiene, using appropriate PPE, cleaning equipment between patients)
What is Standard Precautions?
100
If this code is announced overhead, we should check/monitor our areas for suspicious persons/activities and contact Public Safety immediately and keep an eye out for a missing infant/child
What is Code Pink?
100
Why was the nurse cap invented?
What is to keep the hair neatly in place?
The longer and frillier the nurse cap, the longer the nurse's experience
100
These are two unique patient identifiers used for EVERY patient when providing care, treatment and services
What is name and DOB?
100
An oxygen tank under this psi is considered empty and should be placed in a separate rack from the full/in-use oxygen tanks
What is 500 PSI
100
One syringe, One needle, One patient, One time...scrub the hub... multi-dose vials used for only one patient...single dose vials accessed only one time
What are safe injection practices?
200
This term describes the services provided at each site, the patient population served, location, and hours of operations
What is Scope of Services?
200
How do you know a multi-use machine is clean?
What is the equipment has a plastic bag covering?
200
How do you identify contractors that are working in your area?
What is verify that they have a proper badge displayed consisting of NorthShore Badge (white with number and without picture) and contractor's employee ID
200
Who was the only U.S. First Lady to volunteer as a nurse in Union hospitals during the Civil War?
Who is Mary Todd Lincoln?
200
This is a list of Joint Commission identified patient safety requirements which highlight problematic areas in health care and describe evidence and expert based solutions. A new list is published at least annually.
What are National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)?
200
These red containers should be secured and not filled more than 3/4 full.
What are Sharps Containers?
200
_____ is the process to review current medications including over-the-counter and herbals
What is Medication Reconciliation?
400
What does BEFAST stand for?
Balance, Eyes, Face, Arms, Speech, Time
400
Gloves, gowns, masks, face shields are all examples of this
What is PPE?
400
If you see a fire, what 4 step process do you need to utilize?
What is RACE (Rescue, Alarm [pull the nearest pull station, call 3199], Confine, Evacuate or Extinguish)
400
What country has only 5 nurses per 100,000 people?
What is Nepal?
400
This is the contracted vendor utilized for communication with patients who speak a primary language other than English
What is the Language Line?
Telephone: dial 8355
Video (Rover)
400
Equipment that is "in use" in the hallway cannot be in the same place for longer than _____ minutes
What is 30 minutes?
400
By _____ medications that are not immediately administered, we can decrease the risk of medication errors
What is labeling?
Label with medication name, strength, amount of medication/solution.
We should also be locking up multi-use medications in locked boxes or nurse servers
500
This occurrence/incident reporting system is used for all incident reporting at NorthShore
What is ERA (Event Reporting Application)?
500
This is the MOST important task to prevent the spread of infection
What is Hand Washing/Hand Hygiene?
500
What acronym will you utilize when putting out a wastebasket fire?
PASS (Pull pin, Aim at base of fire, Squeeze handle, Sweep back and forth at the base of fire)
500
In the average human adult body, there are at least 67 different species of bacteria residing in the ______ alone
What is the belly button?
500
U,u
IU
Q.D., QD, q.d., qd
Q.O.D., QOD, q.o.d, qod
Trailing zero (X.0 mg)
Lack of leading zero (.X mg)
MS
MSO4
MgSO4
What are unapproved abbreviations?
500
This type of storage material/container is not allowed in storage or patient care area
What is cardboard boxes/shipping corrugated boxes?
500
After we pull a medication from the Pyxis, we should waste it within ______
What is 2 hours?
700
This is an appropriate response when you don't know an answer for a Joint Commission surveyor
What is "I will find that answer for you"?
700
MRSA and VRE are considered this type of isolation precaution
What is Contact Isolation?
700
What is your role during an emergency situation internally and externally?
Report to work area and supervisor to await instructions
700
What poet served as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War?
Who is Walt Whitman?
700
Process in which a health care provider educates a patient about the risks, benefits and alternatives to a given procedure, intervention or treatment plan
What is Informed Consent?
700
How do you access Safety Data Sheets (SDSs)?
PULSE Home Page → Applications → SDS View & Print
In emergencies or if computers are non-functional, SDSs may also be requested on demand 24/7 via emergency telephone service @ (800)-255-3924.
700
What are the "five rights" of medication administration?
What is the right patient, drug, dose, route and time
800
Our policies can be found in _____
What is PolicyStat?
800
How do you know what level or cleaning your equipment requires?
What are manufacturer's instructions for use (IFU) product label? Or SDS
800
What routes are used for both horizontal and vertical evacuation?
Horizontal: removes patient from room and transport to unaffected area on same floor (i.e. other side of double corridor fire doors). Wait for instructions from First Responders
Vertical: bring patients up or down floors (if directed by Fire Department)
800
What is the strongest muscle in the entire body?
What is tongue?
800
This is conducted immediately prior to a procedure
What is Universal Protocol - Time Out?
800
TJC monitors the use of _____ to determine if they are being prescribed safely and appropriately
What are opioids?
800
We should be charting this education before giving the patient any new medication
What is first dose medication education?
1000
Act with Kindness, Earn Trust, Respect Everyone, Build Relationships and Pursue Excellence are NS-EEH's 5 ___?
What is values?
1000
When do POC glucose strips, control bottles and HCG strips expire?
What is 90 days?
1000
Who is responsible for turning off zone valves in the event of an emergency?
What is the highest ranking person for the area?
Unit Nursing Leadership needs to be present at the shut off valve. Representatives from Nursing, Respiratory, Facilities management Services or Fire Department may actually shut-off valve with Nursing Leadership authorization
1000
Where and when was the first nursing school established?
In India, 250 B.C.
At that time, only men were considered "pure enough" to become nurses and it remained dominated by men until the mid-1800s. The Illinois Training School for Nurses was founded in 1880 as the first nurse training school in the Midwest.
1000
These methods are employed to ensure patient privacy is protected in compliance with HIPAA regulations (Name 3 of 5)
What are lock computer and Epic screens when not in use, turn over papers, ensure no patient info is exposed/improperly disposed of, don't discuss PHI in public spaces and outside of patient care situations, utilize proper channels for accessing PHI?
1000
How would you handle a chemical spill in your department?
What is isolate spill area, identify spilled material, review SDS of spilled chemical on PULSE (if aware), and determine spill type (minor, incidental or major). If spill is minor and you are able to safely manage, it is ok to clean up spill. Incidental or major spills (i.e. any chemo spill >5cc or any solvent spill > 1 liter), call x3199 to report and activate a code Orange.
1000
When should you reassess the patient's pain level after IV/PO pain medication in ASU?
Within 30 minutes to 1 hour after administration.