Level of Care
The most common level of hospice care; it is designed for patients who are stable and whose symptoms are well-managed.
What is routine home care?
An employee requirement to complete upon hire to rule out tuberculosis. (must list 1 of 3)
What is 2-step TST OR Quantiferon GOLD OR Chest X-Ray?
Requirements for pet visits at OLP (Must list 2 of 4!)
What is visibly clean, well-behaved, leashed, and in the control of an adult handler?
A medication tile will highlight this color on the MAR when a PRN medication has been given within the ordered frequency.
What is red?
A non-invasive measurement to assess nutritional decline and weight loss.
What is a MAC (mid-arm circumference)?
What is GIP?
A hospice-mandated program that meets regularly to focus on high-risk problems, track patient outcomes, and evaluate the safety and quality of patient care.
What is QAPI (Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement)
Where vital signs should be documented.
What is MyUnity / Clinical Smartboard?
Where to view, update, add, or discontinue pieces of the patient's care plan outside of a visit.
What is the IDG Module?
Used for non-verbal patients to assess pain.
What is the FLACC?
Level of care designed to provide temporary relief for caregivers.
What is Respite Care?
The key times to wash your hands during medication administration
What is before pulling medications from cart/cards AND before administering medications AND after administering medications?
What happens after the Ramsey County ME form has been emailed/faxed
What is to be printed out and placed in discharge bin with completed discharge record?
GIP progress notes and assessments must be documented as this.
What is a visit? (GIP Assessment Note / GIP Progress Note)
A scoring tool used specifically to measure the progression of Alzheimer's Dementia.
What is the FAST (Functional Assessment Staging Test)?
Staffing requirements for a facility to take GIP level of care.
What is 24-hour nursing care?
What are Tordnados/Flood AND Winter Storm AND Power Failure AND Cyber Attack AND Pandemic.
The times that the building should have the alarms activated?
What is 9:00 PM - 4:00 AM?
Must be entered before a PRN medication has been documented in MyUnity
What is an administration note?
% that indicates functional status, ambulation, activity levels, and nutrition. May be useful in indicating life expectancy.
What is Palliative Performance Scale (PPS?)
The level(s) of care that a hospice program must be able to provide their patients.
What is Routine Home Care, General Inpatient (GIP) Care, Respite Care, and Continuous Home Care?
One of OLP's current Performance Improvement Projects (PIPs) (must list 1 of current 5 projects)
What is Home Health Value Based Purchasing OR Staff Communication & Feedback OR Fit Testing Compliance OR Grievances/Formal Concerns OR Infection Control Reporting Compliance?
The document that establishes the ethical standards and moral guidance for Catholic health care services. It is centered on promoting human dignity and must be followed as a Private Juridic Person.
What is the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs)?
The area of the clinical record that indicates demographic information, family/friends that can receive specific patient information, and lists the funeral home.
What is the patient profile?
Classifies the severity of heart failure; hospice patients typically should be St. IV.
What is the NYHA (New York Heart Association) Classification?