Code Calls!
If a 25 year old man faints while having his blood drawn in the laboratory, you would call this code.
What is an Outpatient Rapid Response?
The patient's name & date of birth or medical record number are known as this.
What are the Two Identifiers?
Influenza requires the use of this type of precautions.
What is Droplet Precautions?
This color is used to identify patients at high risk of falls.
What is yellow?
This is the 4 letter acronym to dial when ordering room service for a patient.
What is FOOD?
The telemetry RN responds to all Code Blues to perform this role.
What is documentation?
Soft wrist restraints need a new physician order this often.
What is every 24 hours?
Covid-19 requires the use of this type of precautions.
What is Heightened Isolation Precautions?
High Fall risk precautions include these 5 interventions.
What is bed alarm, chair alarm, bed is lowest position, brakes locked, call bell in reach, frequent (at least hourly) rounding?
SBAR stands for this useful Hand-Off Tool.
What is Situation, Background, Assessment, & Recommendation?
If a person is not breathing and does not have a pulse, you would call this code.
What is Code Blue?
These are the critical POC glucose values that need to be reported to a caregiver promptly.
What is <40 and >400?
You should wash visibly soiled hands in this way.
What is with soap & water?
This report must be submitted when a patient falls.
What is the STARS Report?
Richard Maki holds this position at Anna Jaques.
Who is the Chief Nursing Officer?
This is the number you would dial to call a code.
What is 444?
This is the code you call when a patient or visitor becomes verbally or physically aggressive.
What is a Team Control?
This is the 1st item of PPE you remove when leaving the room of a patient on airborne precautions.
What is gloves?
Giving hand-off report in this location is important especially for patients at high fall risk.
Where is at the bedside?
The Language Line IPAD is located in this department.
What is then Emergency Department?
After a Code Blue is called what is the first thing you will do with the patient.
What is chest compressions?
HALTT is an acronym for these interventions.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Thirsty, Tired?
These 2 items of PPE are required at all times for patient-facing healthcare staff.
What is eye protection and surgical mask?
If a patient falls, the RN must notify these 3 people.
Who is the charge nurse, the nursing supervisor/director, and the provider.
This is where you will find your onboarding and annual education tasks from HR and Nursing Education.
What is HealthStream?