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| This is a way to remember the components of our nursing professional practice model (hint: sea creature) | Octopus |
| Some benefits of THIS practice are 1. patients will know who their nurse/tech is 2. process aids in increasing communication 3. when asked a question you can't say "I haven't even seen the patient yet" | Bedside Shift Report |
| This neumonic helps us remember the five fundamentals of service | AIDET (Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thanks) |
| Doing this practice will help address the "four P's" routinely | Hourly Rounding |
| The "four P's" of hourly rounding | Positioning, Personal needs, Pain, Placement |
| This council gives nursing a voice by participation, collaboration, decision making, and empowerment. | Shared Governance Councils |
| These individual councils make up the shared governance councils. | Coordinating council, Quality Improvement Council, Research and Practice Council, Education Council, and Work Life Council |
| As a nurse, you can progress to this level in the Professional Excellence Program | Clinician V |
| We measure these six nurse sensitive indicators and submit them to the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) | 1. falls 2. pressure ulcers 3. nursing care hours 4. Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) 5. Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI) 6. Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia (VAP) |
| The National Patient Safety Goals set forth by the Joint Commission. The six goals presently being followed are... | 1. Identify patients correctly 2. Use medicines safely 3. Prevent infection 4. Improve staff communication 5. Identify patient safety risks 6. Prevent mistakes in surgery |
| Location of employee health | Medical Office Building (beside hospital) Suite 107 |
| After beyond orientation, you will be able to answer these three common questions... | 1. What do I do if I'm injured at work? 2. What process is done if I get a needlestick or sharp object injury? 3. What immunizations are available through the Employee Health Department? |
| PPD's are required... | Upon employment and then annually in the month of your birthday |
| The single most important procedure in preventing hospital acquired infections is... | Hand washing |
| For behavioral health issues a nurse can order this... | Psych social worker consult (crisis worker) but NOT a psychiatrist consult |
| This must be done and documented prior to any restraints... | Proof that you have exhausted all other safe means of desculating the situation |
| These things must be documented at set times (depending on the situation) on ALL patients with restraints... | Vital signs, circulation, removal of restraint, skin integrity, range of motion, hydration/nutrition needs, elimination needs, mental status and emotional state, continued need for restraint |
| As an ED nurse, we must make sure of THIS concerning wounds of any kind... | They are documented upon arrival |
| Prophylaxis for VTE (venous thromobembolism) includes these two things... | administration of thrombolytic medication and application of sequential compression devices (SCDs) |
| ALL healthcare workers must practice this when transferring patients or lifting objects... | Back Safety |
| This is used on the patient floors but not in the ED when a patient begins to deteriorate and before the patient experiences cardiac or respiratory arrest... | Rapid Response |
| This organization is used for organ donation... | Lifenet |
| A short informative video on the Braun IV Pumps can be found... | On the Intranet |
| These are the four pain scales used in this facility to assess pain... | Numeric, FACES, FLACC, NIPS |
| If consent cannot be obtained and the patient MUST be treated, this MUST happen... | DOCUMENT DOCUMENT DOCUMENT thoroughly explaining the situation and how you attempted to get consent |
