Wound Care/Wound Vac
Who Do You Call?
Escalation of Care
Where Do You Find It?
Standards of Care
100

After how many hours of vac inactivity do we switch to wet to dry?

2 hours of inactivity (if the vac has been malfunctioning for 2 hours- it must be removed)
100

STAT EKG Overnight

On the Web Directory, "on call EKG MMC" or call 201-317-6223

100

T/F we can use a simple face mask on the floor

True

100

Hover Jack

Desk 3, Davino 1 and Gagnon 1

100

T/F we need an order to flush an NGT

False, the standard of care is to flush NGT qshift unless there is an order to NOT DO SO

200

Name the 2 main pieces of an ostomy appliance

Wafer and bag

200

Your patient is looking like they're deteriorating, who can you call for a second opinion?

The PCF/charge RN, critical care outreach RN, ANM, surgical resident

200

Name 3 benefits of calling an RRT

1. Resources to the bedside

2. Assistance with bed escalation

3. Decreases "medical alert - cardiac arrest" calls

200

Where is MRI

Level D

200

T/F Once an IV is hep locked, we no longer need to flush it- since we arent using it

false, we need to flush our IVs every shift

300

T/F bedside nurses stage wounds

False- we cannot stage- we can document what they look like

300

Your patient expired- it is not known if they are an organ donor.  Do you still need to call the Sharing Network?

Yes, every patient regardless of known status gets a call to the sharing network

300

T/F-Your patient is having irregular breathing but no pulse, you only need to call a RRT

False, no pulse indicates need for "medical alert - cardiac arrest"

300

Where is central supply?

Level C

300

How do you label a dressing that you used Mastisol on?

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

We have to write a M with a circle around it
400

T/F after a wound is staged, as it heals you document the different stages of the wound

False, once it is staged, you cannot back down on the Stages, it would remain at its highest stage

400

Your patient is a hard stick, 4 nurses have tried. It is after hours- who can we call for off shift IV assistance

The outreach RN, secure chat the night IV team or the surgical resident with u/s

400

What do you do if your patient's trach dislodges

Have the obturator available- call respiratory therapy and make sure the patient's O2 Sats are appropriate 

400

Deskovick 4 staff- where do you find the doppler?

East side omnicell

400

A STOP BANG SCORE of what is considered positive?

5 or greater

500

Your patient is being dc home with a wound vac, what are 2 things that need to be done?

Inform CM, make sure home vac has been delivered bedside, plug in home vac to charge, switch pt to home vac when dc is imminent, teach pt how to use/troubleshoot home vac

500

What department do you call for HIDA scans?

Nuclear medicine

500

What is the MTP? and

T/F- We can do the MTP on the floor

Massive Transfusion protocol

True

500

The Insulin Pump Flowsheet

The downtime box or there is a link to it in the MAR order

500
T/F nurse driven foley protocol, RN decides when the foley is removed

True