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Medication Safety
Emergencies
Wound Care
Pain Management
Miscellaneous
100
This class of medications bears a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm when they are used in error.
What are high-alert medications?
100
This scale must be calculated with every full set of vital signs.
What is HHEWS (Hallmark Health Early Warning System)?
100
The name of the term that used to described a localized skin or tissue injury often found over a bony prominence is this.
What is pressure injury?
100
This is the maximum time limit in which a patient must be re-assessed for pain.
What is two hours?
100
This is one of the purposes of the nurse-driven protocol for indwelling Foley catheters.
What is to assess the need for the indwelling Foley catheters or to decrease the usage of Foleys?
200
This is the process for when medication is co-signed at the patient's bedside using the five medication rights.
What is independent double check?
200
You would dial 8 to report this.
What is a nursing emergency?
200
This the Braden score that determines the need for initiation of pressure injury interventions.
What is 16?
200
These are three nonpharmalogical pain interventions.
What is ice, heat, repositioning, use of Comfort Cart (lavender scent, essential oils, relaxation, diversional activities), soft music, dimming lights?
200
This is the acceptable amount of liters that a patient with a nasal cannula can have.
What is 6 liters?
300
These type of orders are taken for emergency situations only.
What is a verbal order?
300
You splashed cleaning solution in your eyes. This is the resource you would use to find out the first aid information.
What is MSDS (material safety data sheet)?
300
This is the order of a proper wound measurement.
What is length x width x depth?
300
This is the name of the pain scale for non-communicative patients.
What is PAINAD scale?
300
This is within the amount of time you must notify New England Donor Services when your patient expires.
What is one hour?
400
These are three ways nurses can prevent harm when administering IV medications.
What are: performing hand hygiene cleaning any preparation surface disinfecting vials and ports Labeling all medications immediately after preparation Using the "Five Rights" when identifying patients Use a second hand watch to administer medications via IV push Use SmartPumps
400
This is the color lock you place on the code cart once it has been used.
What is yellow?
400
This is the term used to describe skin eroded by chemical means, such as feces, urine or sweat.
What is denuded?
400
When conducting an assessment for your patient who has chest pain, these are four characteristics that would you document.
What is pain location, intensity, quality, activities that exacerbate or relieve the pain, onset and duration, radiation, severity, associated factors?
400
You are caring for your patient who has intermittent IV therapy. The amount of time that the IV tubing may be used is this.
What is 24 hours?
500
The name of the syringe device used for administration of injectable medications that come in pre-filled cartridges is...
What is Carpuject?
500
List 6 items that are readily visible on the code cart that are used during a code.
What are ambu bags, suction, oxygen tank, defibrillator, anesthesia box, and backboard?
500
These are seven components of a proper wound assessment.
What is: location, measurement of wound, depth of tunneling or undermining, description of periwound, odor, drainage, wound bed.
500
This is the number that you assess from the capnography equipment during your PCA assessment AND these are the components of that number.
What is IPI (integrated pulmonary index): etCo2, respiratory rate, pulse rate, SpO2.
500
You are caring for your patient who has continuous IV fluids. The patient reports pain at the IV insertion site. Upon assessment you observe that the surrounding skin is taut, cool to touch, and swollen. You suspect that the patient has what condition?
What is infiltration?