Blood Administration
Where can you find a blood consent?
Emprint
Where do you find your email?
on the Portal-PING
Who do we screen for MRSA?
MRSA within one year, dialysis patients, hospital admission within one month, patients from long term care facilities/jail
What do we include in pictures of a wound?
Patient information (label), your name, time and date, source of wound. Measurement tool, area around the wound
Oncoming nurses-how often should you verify your patient's tele rhythm?
Once per shift at beginning of shift.
When does a blood transfusion officially start?
When the blood enters the vein
What is the House Supervisor responsible for?
Codes, staffing issues, rounding on patients, reports to the CNO
When a patient is put on isolation precautions, when should the isolation sign be removed?
After the room has been cleaned by EVS
Remove the dressings, clean the wound and redress after picture
How long do you have to notify a physician of a critical lab value
30 minutes
What are the vital sign intervals when giving blood?
Baseline before, Q15 x 2, Q1 hour until complete, Q1 hour after completion.
Is Q.D. an acceptable abbreviation?
No
If a patient is scheduled for surgery, how many CHG baths should the patient receive and when?
What day do nurses reassess all wounds?
Wednesdays
when should a yale swallow be completed?
Upon admission, preferably in ER-complete before any PO
What is the first thing you do if patient has a blood transfusion reaction?
STOP the blood
Where is HR located?
Brooksville in the hallway with the education room-first floor.
Spring Hill-Medical Office Building-second floor
What isolation precaution for COVID positive patient?
droplet
Who is responsible for staging of pressure ulcers?
the wound care nurse
The off going nurse wants to give report outside of the room, what should you do?
Make nurse go into patient room for bedside shift report.
How much time lapse is acceptable from blood pickup to start of blood?
30 minutes
Who is the CNO?
Misty Freeman
How soon after a "sepsis alert" is called, should the antibiotic be given?
If a patient comes in with a wound vac in place, what do you do?
Remove patient wound vac, trigger wound care nurse, provide basic wound care protocol and send patient wound vac home with family.
What is the second nurses' role when inserting a foley?
To maintain sterility during insertion.