Safety
How many patient identifiers must be used to verify a patient's identity before providing care.
What is two?
The person the UAP should notify if a patient's vital signs are out of range.
Who is the nurse?
Something that often occurs with toileting and the reason patients should wear non-skid footwear when toileting.
What are falls?
A position a patient should never be restrained in.
What is prone (face down)?
A type of standard precaution that must be performed before and after every patient contact.
What is hand hygiene?
Where money that a patient brings to the unit is sent.
What is security?
An emergency code that is called when a patient stops breathing.
What is Code Blue?
Communication that occurs when care of a patient is transferred from one staff member to another.
What is handoff report?
An object that must always be readily available when a patient is in restraints.
What is a restraint key?
Gloves, gown, mask, goggles
What are types of personal protective equipment (PPE)?
The two types of rounds done on BHAC units.
What are environmental rounds and safety rounds?
The positions used for the three blood pressure measurements obtained in orthostatic vital signs?
What are lying - standing - standing?
Where to look to find more information about collecting a clean catch urine specimen or other procedures.
What is Lippincott?
The type of observation a patient in restraints must be on.
What is 1:1?
How long a surface must remain visibly wet for disinfection.
What is dwell time?
How far apart safety rounds must be performed on our patients.
What is 10-20 minutes?
The unit of measurement used to record pulse rate.
What are beats/minute?
A status that indicates a staff member should never provide care to the patient alone - always bring another staff member with you.
What is Care in Pairs?
How often the nurse must assess patients in mechanical restraints.
What is every 15 minutes?
Hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, and isolation precautions.
What are standard precautions?
How close a 1:1/constant observation caregiver must be to the patient?
What is close enough to intervene without delay?
Crossed legs, talking, wrong size cuff
What are things that can cause an inaccurate blood pressure reading?
Cane, walker, gait belt
What are ambulation assistive devices?
What is one finger?
An approach to infection control in which all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if they are known to be infectious.
What is Universal Precautions?