Legal Agency
Requires hospitals to have infection control programs.
The Joint Commission aka JCAHO
T or F. Nurses order restraints for a patient.
False. Has to be a Doctor's order.
Confidentiality for PHI without patient's consent or knowledge.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act aka HIPAA.
Pediatric Pulse should be _____.
100-160 BPM
ST elevation indicates what?
Heart attack.
Agency that is in charge of Material Safety Data Sheets (info on all chemicals).
Occupational Safety and Health Administration aka OSHA.
If patient has splints, they need to be able to reach what?
Call light.
Doctors can only give information about a patient to whom?
The person(s) the patient has given permission.
What is last to go when a patient is dying.
Hearing.
If you need to slow down a rhythm, what do you increase the paper speed to?
50mm/sec
Makes recommendations of precautions to take for infection control.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aka CDC.
You should be able to get ______ between restraints and skin.
2 fingers.
T or F. Always stay logged in to your computer when leaving.
False. Always log off when you leave the area.
60-100 bpm.
When do you stop an exercise stress test?
When a patient has syncope.
Regulates lab standards.
The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Program aka CLIA.
Should be released every _____ hours?
2 hours.
T or F. To dispose of any patient information, you ball it up and throw it in the trash can.
False. Use a shredder.
who do you give the patient's valuables to, if the patient doesn't want to keep them on?
The patient's family.
Heart is mirrored in the chest and you have to mirror the leads. What is this called?
Dextrocardia
Provides access to high quality care and improved health at lower costs.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aka CMS.
Why are restraints used?
To keep patient safe if they are a harm to themselves in some way.
T or F. You can tell the person asking for a patients health information that the doctor can tell them.
False. You can tell them that you cannot give out that information and the patient can tell them if they want to.
How do you move a dead body?
With a draw sheet.
What indicates decreased potassium.
U waves. They are not normal.