True or False
Hospital Policies
Nursing
Facts
Final Jeopardy
100
Magnet Hospital Accreditation is easily obtainable
False - It can take up to 4 years and millions of dollars for such recognition
100
Each facility should have what kind of policy?


No eating

No drinking

No talking

No lifting

Each institution should have "no lift policies" and appropriate lifting equipment

100
All care should be given by what kind of nurse?


A good nurse

LPN

RN

Student nurse


All care should be delivered by Registered Nurses (RNs)

100
What time of day should physician's at Magnet hospitals order labs to be drawn?


In the morning

Before Breakfast

After noon

After patient brushes their teeth

Patients should not be woken to have labs drawn. If physicians want lab results with their rounds, they should come to the hospital at noon or later, so lab draws do not interrupt sleep and patient health.

200
Magnet Hospitals are latex free facilities
True
200
Each hospital should have what kind of system?


Paperless

Wireless

Computerless

Needleless system

Magnet hospitals should have needleless IV systems and safe needles.

200

Magnet hospitals should have nursing residencies for all new nursing graduate's be how long?

6 months

1 year

2 years

5 years

Magnet hospitals should have at least one-year nursing residencies for all new nursing graduates. (Studies (1, 2) show that nurses who went through residencies had about a 90% retention rate. Without residencies, a third to more than half of nurses leave the profession.)

200
What should be provided in every patient's room?


Animals

Plants

Music

Bored Games

Music in should be provided in rooms of all patients. A growing body of research shows that music reduces pain, blood pressure, depression, physical signs of stress and cortisol levels. See this interesting research in many different studies by nurses from Japan, South Korea and Sweden. Music affects the blood pressure of pregnant women more intensely.

300
Magnet Hospitals use standard cleaning supplies to ensure a clean environment
False - These hospitals are free of toxic cleaning supplies that lead to illness's
300
How much tolerance for abuse is allowed in such a hospital?


0%

2%

4%

10%

There should be zero tolerance for abuse practices and procedures. 

300

Each facility should have at how many centers for nursing professional improvement?

1

3

5

10

Each facility should have at least three centers for nursing professional improvement; one each to strengthen nursing research, nursing clinical practice and nursing education within the hospital. 

300
Magnet hospitals should follow which code?


Hammurabi's Code

Code of Ethics for Nurses

QR Codes

Dress Codes

Magnet hospitals should follow the Code of Ethics for Nurses.

   
400
Magnet Hospitals require staff to change out of uniform and shower before leaving the facility
True
400

What kind of debriefing sessions are offered to all employees who suffer physical or sexual assault of any kind?

Get well soon debriefing sessions

Psychotherapy debriefing sessions

Critical incident stress debriefing sessions

What you did wrong debriefing sessions

Critical incident stress debriefing sessions
400
How many distractions are allowed for each nurse when performing a critical task such as medication administration?


0

1

2

However many they can handle

Efforts should be made to provide zero distractions to nurses as they perform critical tasks such as medication administration.

400

Hospitals should institute _____ after someone dies to take a moment to reflect on the person's life and health workers efforts to save them?

The Reflection

The Pause

The Mourning

The Purge

The Pause 


"It makes it so we can actually view the person as a person, rather than as a patient that we see on an everyday basis," he says. "You can relate more to the case, [knowing] it's somebody's father or their mother, their sister or their uncle, rather than somebody you just see for five minutes."

-Quote from a Nurse who's hospital practices this

500
There are four Rochester area hospitals designated as Magnet hospitals, name all four
F.F. Thompson Hospital

Highland Hospital

Rochester General Hospital

Strong Memorial Hospital