White = Patient Identification; Yellow = Allergy; Red = Blood band;
What is standardized color-coded wrist bands initiated by the Color of Safety collaborative?
100
The process of modifying sections of drug names to help distinguish similar drug names, making them less prone to mix-ups. Examples include: glipiZIDE – glyBURIDE; clonazePAM - LORazepam; and HYDROcodone – oxyCODONE.
What is "tall man" (mixed case) lettering?
100
Examples include q.d., QOD, U, IU, MS, MSO4, MgSO4, the use of a trailing zero (x.0 mg) or lack of leading zero (.xmg).
What is the DO NOT USE ABBREVIATIONS list?
100
The name of the scale used at time of admission to determine a patient's risk for skin breakdown.
What is the BRADEN scale?
200
Location of Unusual Occurence Reports
Where is the unit files or house supervisor?
200
Topics presented 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 annual National Patient Safety Goals?
200
An interdisciplinary process comparing a complete list of medications that the patient has been taking prior to admission, with the medications that will be provided during hospitalization; performed at pre-admission, admission and/or at time of transfer or discharge.
What is MEDICATION RECONCILIATION?
200
Drugs, which by the nature of their name, are involved in a high percentage of medication errors or other adverse outcomes. Examples include Celebrex / Celexa; clonidine / Klonopin; Glyburide / Glipizide; and Zantac / Zyrtec.
What are Look Alike - Sound Alike medications?
200
This score is used at admission to help determine a patient's risk for falls.
What is the HENDRICH score?
300
Marty Kenehan
Who is the Environmental Safety Officer?
300
Who - what - where - when - why - and steps taken to prevent a recurrence. These items should ideally be included when submitting . . .
What is an incident report?
300
According to CHEST guidelines, the recommended route of Vitamin-K administration to counter a supratherapeutic elevation in a patient's INR who is receiving Coumadin therapy.
What is ORAL dosing of Vitamin-K (available doses include 1.25mg, 2.5mg, and 5mg tabs)?
300
The primary objective of SBAR is to provide a standardized form of communication between caregivers in providing accurate, clear and complete information during transitions (“hand-offs”) in patient care. The acronym SBAR represents . . .
What is Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR)?
300
These two patient identifiers are used prior to administering medications, performing treatments, obtaining and labeling any specimens at bedside, and prior to administering any blood products.
What is the patient's NAME and DATE OF BIRTH (DOB)?
400
If after reporting a Serious event, an employee believes appropriate action was not taken, an employee may submit an anonymous report to the Patient Safety Authority. The anonymous report is located . . .
Where is the Patient Safety office or on the Internet at www.papsrs.state.pa.us/ (Patient Safety Authority as referenced in the Divisional Orientation handout).
400
- "clear" - "concise" - "complete" - These items are generally recognized as the 3-Cs of . . .
What is DOCUMENTATION?
400
The process of obtaining a verbal telephone order from a physician involves these three steps.
What is 1. write down the order; 2. read-back the order; and 3. verify the order as written with the prescribing individual.
400
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)?
400
Performing this action is the number one evidence-based method toward infection prevention.
What is Hand Washing or Standard Precautions?
500
The name of the Clinical Staff Development Nurse
Who is Theresa Slayton, RN, CRRN?
500
These pamphlets are routinely provided to the patient by SWS department as part of the program sponsored by the Joint Commission. These pamphlets highlight areas to promote patient awareness and involvement in their care.
What are the SPEAK-UP program pamphlets?
500
The pharmacy-maintained database located on the ASINET which may be accessed to verify a medication can be used at Allied Rehab.
What is Formulary OneSource (reference for formulary and non-formulary medications)?
500
FMEA is a systematic, proactive method for evaluating a process to identify the parts of the process that are most in need of change. The acronym FMEA represents . . .
What is Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)?
500
You are a nurse aide and approached by a family member of one of your patients. She indicates that her Mom (patient) appears to be "not right." You promptly report this to your assigned RN/LPN, who immediately addresses the concerns of the family member by assessing the patient. What policy did the staff members follow?
What is the Early Recognition and Response to Patient Changes policy?