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Safety
FALLS
Joint
Commission
HCAHPS
Core Measures
100
Hand washing is considered to be ...
What is the most effective way to reduce infection ?
100
The frequency a patient's Fall Risk is assessed and documented in the computer...
What is done on admission and every shift thereafter and with any change in status or PRN ?
100
The Joint Commission will not ask floor nursing staff any questions during the inspection. True or False?
What is False?
100
Patient satisfaction needs are addressed best by this mode of care ...
What is hourly rounding ?
200
This is the online system used to report patient and visitor injuries or adverse events, including potential events (near miss) ...
What is Risk Management/MIDAS ?
200
This event occurs when patient 5 years of age or older falls on purpose or falsely claims to have fallen. Patients may fall intentionally or falsely claim to have fallen for various reasons, including seeking attention or obtaining pain medication ...
What is a suspected intentional fall ?
200
This is a list of Joint Commission identified safety requirements which highlight problematic areas in health care and describe evidence and expert-based solutions. A new list is published annually ...
What is National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) ?
200
The acronym AIDET stands for ...
What is: acknowledge, introduce, duration, explain, and thanks.
200
Immunizations should not be given until discharge. True/False
What is False ?
300
Before touching a patient, before a procedure, after touching a patient, after a procedure/body fluid exposure risk, after touching patient surroundings are known as ...
What are the 5 moments in Hand Hygiene ?
300
List 3 fall prevention/fall awareness techniques ...
What are: yellow armbands, door signs, non-skid footwear, no clutter on the floor, nightlight on at night, call bell within reach, room assignments near nurse station, bed alarm activation, fall prevention education ?
300
Purple top wipes when used must be wet and remain on a surface for 2 minutes to be effective. This is known as ...
What is wet contact time?
300
The word we want patients to use on their satisfaction survey at TMF ...
What is ALWAYS ?
300
Name 2 of the core measures ...
What are: Stroke, pneumonia, immunizations, VTE, heart failure, AMI,
400
The time limit for nursing staff to contact the provider regarding critical lab values ... BONUS: Where is the documentation for critical lab values located in the EPIC system?
What is within one hour? BONUS: WHat is the Provider Notification column
400
These activities should be the focus of hourly rounding by nursing staff and unit techs and is centered around the 5 P's ...
What is Potty, Pain, Position, prevention, and Proximity or Possessions ?
400
An acronym for Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation; a technique that can be used to facilitate prompt and appropriate communication ...
What is SBAR ?
400
Communication with nurse, communication with doctors, responsiveness of hospital staff, cleanliness of hospital, quietness of hospital, environment, pain management, communication about medicines, communication about discharge, overall rating of hospital, recommendation of hospital to others ...
What are 4 key aspects (questions) asked of patients on the HCAHPS survey ?
400
Name three preventable hospital acquired conditions ...
What are: Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI), Cathether Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Fall, Pressure Ulcer, Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Surgical Site Infection (SSI), Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
500
Name two patient identifiers used to ensure the correct patient ...
What is the patient’s name and date of birth ?
500
This type of injury resulted in surgery, casting, traction, required consultation for neurological (e.g., basilar skull fracture, small subdural hematoma) or internal injury (e.g., rib fracture, small liver laceration) or patients with any type of fracture regardless of treatment, or patients who have coagulopathy who receive blood products as a result of a fall and is categorized as ...
What is a major injury ?
500
Surveyors analyze a hospital’s systems by following individual patients through their hospitalization, evaluating multiple care units, departments, and services rendered to the patient ...
What is tracer methodology ?
500
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey is also known as ...
What is HCAHPS Survey ?
500
All inpatients must have VTE prophylaxis addressed and documented by ...
What is by midnight on day 2 ?