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Nursing Professionalism
Infection Prevention
Nursing Emergencies
Communication
Miscellaneous
100
This must be visible above your waist so that patients, families, and staff can identify you.
What is your identification badge?
100
This is the number one way to prevent the spread of infection.
What is hand hygiene?
100

Your patient's condition is deteriorating and you need to call the Rapid Response Team. What extension do you call?

What is 2000?

100
This is the first component of the customer service tool used to communicate with patients.
What is acknowledge?
100

This is the Foundress of Mercy hospital?

Who is Catherine mcAuley?

200
This is a privacy rule that gives patients control over the use of their health information, as well as defines boundaries for the use/disclosure of health records.
What is HIPAA or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
200
This is the overall term for gloves, masks, gowns, and face shields.
What is personal protective equipment?
200

Medical Alert called overhead for: "BIRT" in room 654, or "Weather Alert - Tornado warning" is an example of what?

What is an announcement using plain language?

200

This is a form/system that communicates/reports safety events?

What is the SAFE report?

200

These are two approved patient identifiers that must be used when providing any aspects of care to patients.

What are name and date of birth?

300

This is a type of environment that empowers staff to be professional, transparent, effective, and accountable.

What is Healthy Work Environment?

300

You are caring for a patient with profuse diarrhea. Microbiology reports to you that the patient is now positive for Clostridium difficile. You will initiate this type of precaution.

What is contact?

300

Name the six elements in the acronym used to determine stroke symptoms.

What is balance, eyes, facial drooping, arm weakness, slurred speech, and time (BEFAST)?

300

These are three types of interpreter services available at Mercy.

What are an approved in-person interpreter, telephonic interpreter, and video remote interpreter?

300

This is an assistive device available to assist with lateral transfers.

What is a pocket slider?

400

This is where the policy that governs Mercy's social media policy is located.

What is Policy Tech?

400
This is the type of wipe used to wash equipment in between non-infectious patients.
What are purple-top wipes or Sani wipes?
400

These are the elements AIDET.

What is Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explain and Thank.

400

A culturally competent nurse exhibits these three behaviors.

What are cultural awareness, respect, and self-awareness of bias?

400

Three elements of behavioral health room sweep/patient sweep?

What is the removal of unnecessary medical equipment, trash can liners, removal of any personal electronic devices, and personal belongings?

500

This is important infection prevention topic, mentioned in Mercy's appearance policy, causes bacteria to grow on fingernails.

What are artificial nails and applications?

500

This is the type of isolation you would use when caring for a patient who is positive for Tuberculosis. 

What is Airborne Precautions?

500

These are the elements of R.A.C.E. regarding fire safety.

What are Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish?

500

Name two areas in which nurses and patients may encounter cultural differences.

What are diet, pain management, modesty, language, and religion?

500

You are caring for a person of size who is requesting a larger-sized gown. Name the type of sensitive language you would use.

What is bariatric language?