Environment of Care
The process to follow during a fire
What is RACE?
Rescue, Alarm, Confine, Extinguish/Evacuate
The single most effective way to prevent transmission of infection.
What is Handwashing?
PACU: 10 to 15 min of IV administration
ASU & Endo: Within 30 min of IV administration
All units within 1 hour of po administration
When is pain reassessed?
The process for monitoring medication refrigerator logs.
Temperatures are recorded, 2X a day if there are vaccines. Otherwise once a day.
If unit is closed during the weekend, staff must check high/low temperatures and document on the log when the unit re-opens.
To provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve
What is the mission of MSM?
Red electrical outlet
Where is emergency power available?
Gloves, gowns, masks, eye shields and face shields are all examples of this.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
Do not have elevator, hallway or cafeteria conversations regarding patients
Do not leave patient information visible on WOWs
Do not share your computer access codes with anyone
How do we protect patient privacy/confidentiality?
This clinical posters contains medication names such as Cefazolin, Epinephrine, Tamoxifen, Dexamethasone.
What are medications with look-alike/sound-alike names?
Or Sound Alike, Look Alike Drugs (SALAD)
To locate hospital policies and procedures on the intranet
What is: 1. Click on Policy Tech Policies icon 2.Change site from "corporate"to '"MSM-MSW" 4. Expand Nursing 5. Open Periop 6. Click on the unit and policies will be visible
The process for using a fire extinguisher.
What is PASS?
Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
The contact time or dry time for the green top wipes and bleach (blue top) wipes.
What is 1 minute and 3 minutes, respectively?
Language line, video interpreter or live interpreter through language services
How do we communicate with a patient who does not speak English?
“U”, “IU” and “QD” all appear on this list.
What is the “Do not Use” Abbreviation List or unapproved abbreviations?
Relationship Centered Care
What is the nursing theory that guides our practice at this hospital?
Where I can find information about the chemicals present at work
Safety Data Sheets (SDS) on-line
All patients are considered potentially infectious. The use of appropriate barrier precautions when needed.
What are standard precautions?
This is the process to follow when documenting preferred language usage.
The following must be charted: ID number, language line or video, start and end time of interpretation, type of interpretation, and the name of on-site interpreter.
Prior to medication administration or treatments asking patient name and date of birth
How we identify our patients prior using our 2 hospital identifiers?
Doing this process before starting a patient procedure is important to identify any missing information, and prevent errors.
What is a time-out?
How to access information regarding use and cleaning of equipment
What is One Source Docs (square blue icon)?
You have just finished performing a finger stick on your patient. You must take this action prior to cleaning the glucometer
Clean hands and change gloves
This is a way for patients to formally communicate what type of healthcare they want if they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity, and to appoint a person to make such decisions on their behalf.
What is an Advance Directive?
If medications on this list are given to a patient at our hospital,specific precautions must be taken, because they have a higher possibility of causing harm.
What is the "high alert medication list?"
This poster explains two patient identifiers, infection control, correct site correct procedure, medication safety, improving effective communication, etc.
What is the "National Patient Safety Goals"?