Safety

2. Patients at greatest risk for healthcare acquired pneumonia
4. Technique Always use this method with dressing and tubing changes
5. Hygiene Decreases the spread of germs
7. Do not use this abbreviation for International Units
8. Documentation Identifies what risks are and what preventive measures need to be taken
11. Fall Assessment Document used after a fall occurs
12. Acronym used to help nurses remember the high alert medications
15. Staff First chain of command
16. Armband Staff members must do this at Point of Care
19. Team Huddle This needs to happen as soon as a fall occurs with all team members present
22. Form Must be filled out before patient is admitted
23. Alarms Hospitals are equipped with this to alert users about malfunctions, misconnections, patient status, and more
24. Communication between team members to improve safety

1. Lead the list of healthcare associated conditions for patients, guests, and staff
3. When patient is transferred from 1 level of care to another
6. Fatigue When a staff member becomes "deaf" to certain sounds
9. Failure An orange "defective" label is placed when this occurs
10. in communication Number one cause of medical errors
13. Frequently occurs because of germs passed from patient to patient by staff's hands
14. Most preventable cause of hospital deaths
17. Culture of Safety depends upon
18. Be sure to ask patient about these before administering medicines
20. You need one of these in order for a consent form to be signed
21. Form must be filled out if patient is suicidal
22. Nurse Second chain of command