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Cerner & Med Safety
Potpourri
General Med Safety
100
This is any injury resulting from the use of a medication.
What is an adverse drug event
100
Clinical support staff gave an expired medication. Is this considered a medication error?
Yes this is a med error!
Any error should be reported immediately to your manager.
100
What are these?
Medication order sentences which can reduce potential medication errors
100
Where should a medication error be documented?
What is in the RL6 system with specific details. This report will be reviewed by the manager and Risk Management Team to do a root cause analysis.
100
The best resource to answer a medication question
What is your provider or pharmacist
200
The right patient, the right medication, the right dose, the right route, the right time, the right reason, the right response, the right documentation
What are the 8 Rights to Medication Administration
200
The terminology used for managing a population of people with various health problems
What is Population Health Management
200
On intake, the clinical support staff are reviewing medications with the patient.
Acute medications (antibiotics or steroids) that were prescribed for a short duration and have exceeded the end date
What are medications that should be marked as COMPLETE
200
True or False
Brand name drugs are safer and more effective than generics.
False - generic drug are copies of brand name drugs. They have the same dosage, safety standards, strength, purity, quality, and intended use.
200
Where can you dispose of medications that you no longer take and/or are expired
What is to a police station, pharmacy, or specific medication take back event for proper disposal
300
Verbally reviewing new orders obtained over the phone
What is "Reading Back" method
300
What is the Union Health Safety slogan?
Safety begins with me
300
In order for the provider to complete medication reconciliation, the medication list must be reviewed and updated by the nursing staff from....
From the Document Medication by History
300
Provider enters order in Cerner for an injection to be given today. Where will this order be generated?
What is the patient Task List
300
You don't need a prescription for this type of medication
What is over-the-counter medication such as vitamins or Tylenol
400
Why are these questions asked by nursing staff
To identify patients who qualify for medication reconciliation
400
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What are the components of AIDET
Acknowledge
Introduce
Duration
Explanation
Thank you
400
When would you see this?
When you are trying to enter a medication the patient has a known allergy to
400
True or False
It's a good idea to use 1 pharmacy for all your prescriptions
What is True - Using multiple pharmacies or providers can pose some safety risks. Having 1 pharmacy as the gait keeper of your medication is the best practice.
400
What is the #1 evidenced based method for preventing infection
What is hand washing
500
Prescriptions the patient is no longer taking because the provider instructed them to stop taking
What is CANCEL or DISCONTINUED medications
500
The platform in Cerner that helps identify gaps in patient care such as it's time for a mammogram or colonoscopy
What is Health e Registry (HeR)
500
Nursing staff completed reviewing the patient's med list. What must you do to trigger the visual indicator below notifying the provider that the med list is updated and ready for reconciliation?
What is UNCHECK the Leave Med History Incomplete box
500
True or False
If you are having trouble swallowing a pill or capsule, it's OK to break or crush it?
What is False - some long-acting medication will be released into your system too quickly if the pills or capsules are broken. If you have trouble swallowing, you should check with the pharmacist to see if liquid form is available.
500
Where should you store medications that do not need to be refrigerated
What is in a cool, dry location that is out of the reach of children