Falls and Falls Prevention
What is the biggest predictor of falls in patients?
What is history of previous falls.
You should check this for each patient prior to medication administration.
What are allergies.
What is the most common area of the body in which pressure injuries develop in bed-bound patients?
What is the sacrum (coccyx/ tailbone)
True or False: Gloves are a substitute for hand hygiene and you do not need to decontaminate your hands after wearing gloves?
What is false
At what location should patient specimens be labelled?
What is At the bedside.
What measurement is needed in order for the Arjo bed alarm to properly work and alert staff to patient movement/ambulation?
What is the patient's weight.
The number of patient identifiers that must be verified prior to medication administration.
What is two.
How often should a patient be repositioned to help prevent pressure injuries from developing?
What is every two hours minimum.
The is the number one was to prevent the spread of hospital acquired infections
What is hand hygiene.
When processing/ running a urine in the ER, what is the correct orderable?
What is POC urinalysis
What should be displayed on the patient whiteboard if the patient is at risk for falls?
What is the falling leaf icon.
The name of the list that summarizes the mediations the patient is currently taking?
What is the best possible medication history. (BPMH)
What scale is used to assess a patients risk of developing pressure injuries?
This is the most likely means of transmitting infections between patients.
What is contact with a health care workers hands.
Number of unique identifiers that are required on a specimen label?
What is 2.
If a patient experiences a fall, what care set should be ordered for patient monitoring?
What is the post fall monitoring care set
What classification of drugs requires an independent double-check before administration?
What is high-alert drugs.
Name two key components of skin assessment to identify early signs of pressure injury.
What are skin colour changes and temperature or Texture and moisture
What is Droplet/contact precautions.
Where should patient demographics and Red blood cell unit confirmation occur?
What is at the bedside and in the presence of the patient.
Remove red section as this must occur in the laboratory before leaving as well.
How often should rounding on patients occur?
What is hourly
This system or tool is used to report medication errors or near misses.
What is RL6
Stage 3 pressure injuries involve which layer(s) of skin?
What is a full thickness skill loss, possibly extending into the subcutaneous tissue.
The last step in doffing PPE
What is Hand hygiene.
What number should be scanned when running POC glucose/ POC urinalysis?