Nurse Communication
Best Practices
Responsiveness
Quality Improvement
Patient Experience
100

List the 5 components of A.I.D.E.T? 

Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explain, Thank You

100

Name two activities that help promote a restful, quiet and healing environment. 

Dim the lights

Quiet hours

Shut the door

Bundle cares 

Enhanced sleep orders 

100

This activity helps ensure patients are looked after and their needs are anticipated and met. It also gives them more chances to ask questions and stay involved in their care.

Refresh

Relieve

Restroom

Reposition

Review 

100

Name the three strategic pillars that make up the foundation for delivering Category of One care.

Quality

Safety

Unparallel Experience 

100

Bonus- double points for correct answer: 

What is the definition of Top Box Score?

Top Box score is the percentage of patients that gave a 5 (Very Good) out of 5 on the satisfaction survey. 

Likert Scale is Very Poor, Poor, Fair, Good, Very Good

200

Bonus- double points for correct answer

This occurs when an individual feels comfortable expressing an opinion, mentioning problems or correcting errors. 

Psychological Safety 

200

This activity brings the health care team to the bedside to discuss the plan of care with the patient and family.

Bedside Team Rounding

200

List the "5 R's" included in Intentional Rounding.

I

Refresh

Relieve

Restroom

Reposition

Review 

ntentional Rounding

200

Bonus: double points for correct answer: 

What is a written, measurable, and time -sensitive statement of the expected results of an improvement project.

An AIM (AIM, IMPROVEMENT, MEASUREMENT) 

200
Patient Experience Scores impact the following external benchmarks? Which is the best response.

Leap Frog

CMS Stars

HCAHPS

B and C only

All of the Above 

300

List three behaviors which help improve the performance measures around "Nurses treat with Courtesy and Respect.

Knocking on a patient's door before entering, asking patients what they like to be called (their preferred name), using A.I. D.E. T, including them in conversations, making a personal connection, updating the whiteboard.

300

Name two benefits of Bedside Team Rounding

Promotes Patient Centered Care

High reliability- same way every time, prevents errors and miscommunication

Fosters delivery of safe and quality care

Improves collaboration and communication within team

300

What is the Mayo Clinic Mission?

"The needs of the patients come first."

300

What performance improvement measure provides evidence of improvement? 

Outcome Measures

300

Based on estimates, what percentile rank for each Domain is needed to achieve a 4-star HCAHPS rating?

75th percentile rank 


Percentile Rank is how we compare to other institutions 

400

What behaviors show the patient you are actively listening? 

Making eye contact, sitting at eye level, asking clarifying questions, giving your full attention to the patient when they are speaking.

400

(1) Name of medication, (2) Purpose of medication, (3) Duration of the medication, (4) When the medication will take effect, (5) Dosage, and (6) side effects

What are the six critical components of teaching patients about medications?

400

This is the term used to describe when the process that creates the expectation that everyone responds to patient call lights, regardless of whether it is their patient or not........

"NO PASS ZONE"

400

Name two process measures (Key Performance Indicators) used to assess improvement efforts?

Observations

Chart Audits

Data Analysis

Staff Feedback

Patient Comments and Feedback

400

Name three survey areas, referred to as Domains that Nursing Impacts?

Nurse Communication

Discharge Instructions

Cleanliness

Restfulness/Quietness

Information about Medications

Care Coordination

Responsiveness


500

Name the activity where nurses use their communication skills to ensure the patient, and the ongoing or off-going nurse and the family are all in the loop on the patients care, needs and goals.

Bedside shift report

500

What two elements are the nurse's role to cover during bedside team rounding that are critical to preventing hospital acquired infections?

Lines

Drains

Timely removal helps prevent hospital acquired infections

500

When patients have a concern or complaint, what is the appropriate action for staff to take? 

Listen

Empathize

Apologize

Do something- (provide the patient experience brochure and encourage patient to call, escalate the situation to site leadership

500

When implementing a process improvement, it is important to identify and track issues that get in the way of being successful. Fill in the blank.... Identifying ___________ is key to understanding factors that influence success. 

Barriers


500

Fill in the blank. Patient Experience data is used as a ____________________ to drive _________________ _______________.

Compass

Continuous Improvement