Nursing Resources
A Resource found on Sharepoint that provides free continuing education credits (CEs) for license renewal and provides free course to prepare for certification exams.
What is
CE Direct?
Required when starting blood, initiating any high alert medication or titrating any high alert drips.
What is a
Co-Signature?
The number one way to decrease the spread of infection
What is Hand Washing?
When is a patient considered to be at high risk for a pressure injury?
What is a Braden score of 18
The number of beds at this institution
Location for Policy and Procedures to understand roles and responsibilities within organization
What is
Policy Tech?
The time frame in which a physician must be notified of a critical value and documentation entered
30 minutes
Must be done after receiving any critical value or telephone order while still on the phone
Read Back and Confirmed
According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), this is a guide for “carrying out nursing responsibilities in a manner consistent with quality in nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession.”
What is the Nursing Code of Ethics?
Introduced sanitary conditions into Nursing practice and given the nickname "The Lady of the Lamp."
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Resource for finding information on various diagnoses and step by step guide through many procedures
What is Lippincott?
Required documentation when a patient refuses a medication or a medication is held
Examples include central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), surgical site infections (SSIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), clostridium difficile infection (CDI), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).
What are Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)?
What does the acoronym AIDET stand for?
What is acknowledge, introduce, duration, explanation, and thank you
The Gallup pole has listed nursing as the most _____ profession for 19 years in a row
What is trusted
Great resource for medication information, patient education and checking for IV compatibility
What is Lexicomp?
Completed after a patient falls, or for any patient safety incident although should never be referenced in the patients' chart
What is a MIDAS report?
Where in the process of the medication administration do errors occur most frequently?
What is Admintration
Steps to take when a physician does not call back after 2 attempts.
Escalate up the chain of command-Clinical lead/manager/nursing supervisor
The percentage of Men in the Nursing Profession
What is 12%?
Called when a patient has a change in vital signs, displays stroke-like signs and symptoms, +severe sepsis, falls with injury or if there is any staff concern
Rapid Response
1-5555
Nurses document on each of these elements in order to provide clear information to other healthcare professionals. The acronym is SOAP
What is Subjective data, Objective data, Assessment and Plan?
Topics originated by the Joint Commission to promote and enforce major changes in patient safety in thousands of participating health care organizations in the United States.
What are the National Patient Safety Goals?
According to the heparin nomogram when is a patient considered to be theraputic?
What is after 2 theraputic hep Assay
CEO of SMMC from 1982-1999 in which a building was named after
Sr. Clare Carty