Safety
Across
- 3. When patient is transferred from 1 level of care to another
- 5. Team Huddle This needs to happen as soon as a fall occurs with all team members present
- 6. Fall Assessment Document used after a fall occurs
- 8. Frequently occurs because of germs passed from patient to patient by staff's hands
- 9. Failure An orange "defective" label is placed when this occurs
- 11. Alarms Hospitals are equipped with this to alert users about malfunctions, misconnections, patient status, and more
- 13. Most preventable cause of hospital deaths
- 16. Nurse Second chain of command
- 19. Be sure to ask patient about these before administering medicines
- 20. Form must be filled out if patient is suicidal
- 21. Patients at greatest risk for healthcare acquired pneumonia
Down
- 1. Acronym used to help nurses remember the high alert medications
- 2. Hygiene Decreases the spread of germs
- 3. Documentation Identifies what risks are and what preventive measures need to be taken
- 4. Do not use this abbreviation for International Units
- 5. Lead the list of healthcare associated conditions for patients, guests, and staff
- 7. Armband Staff members must do this at Point of Care
- 10. Staff First chain of command
- 11. Culture of Safety depends upon
- 12. Technique Always use this method with dressing and tubing changes
- 14. You need one of these in order for a consent form to be signed
- 15. in communication Number one cause of medical errors
- 17. Fatigue When a staff member becomes "deaf" to certain sounds
- 18. Communication between team members to improve safety
- 20. Form Must be filled out before patient is admitted