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- 3. Your patient needs at least one fall mat if their Hester Davis fall score is _____ or more.
- 7. Do not chart mitts under restraints. They are not restraints unless they are _____. We do not tie mitts to the bed ever.
- 9. Documenting accurate weights and I&Os is extremely crucial as the team makes important _____ based on your data.
- 11. Any skin _____ noted upon arrival to unit (transfer or admission) must be documented as soon as possible.
- 12. Good bedside handoff involves introducing the oncoming nurse, reviewing the systems, discussing fall and braden scores, verifying the arm band, verifying the correct pump settings, using the white board, and checking all wounds, dressings, drains, catheters and _____.
- 13. The code to change the bag on an epidural is _____.
- 16. For central line draws, proper collection of blood cultures involves scrubbing the top of the culture bottles, changing the _____ of the central line, and scrubbing them once placed. Always draw cultures before other blood tubes.
- 17. For peripheral sticks, proper collection of blood cultures involves scrubbing the top of the culture bottles, scrubbing the skin site up and down/ back and forth for 30 seconds, letting it dry for 30 seconds, and NOT _____ the skin once it's prepped.
- 19. Regardless of the technique patients use at home, it is imperative that WE use sterile technique during appropriate procedures per policy as hospitals are home to a wide range of very _____ organisms.
- 21. A key found in the Pyxis is needed in order to change the bag on an epidural and to discontinue an epidural. We do not change the _____ on an epidural.
- 22. We prevent Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) by performing catheter care, keeping the collection bag off the floor and below the level of the bladder, keeping the tubing free of kinks and loops, and using a secure _____.
- 24. We prevent Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) by using CUROS caps and changing central line dressings using sterile technique every _____ and AS NEEDED.
- 26. During bedside handoff, pump settings on IV drips, PCAs, and epidurals must be checked in the room with EPIC _____ at the bedside.
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- 1. When discontinuing an epidural, the tubing (including the black cartridge on bottom) is disposable and the medication must be ______ by two nurses.
- 2. While many tasks may be delegated to unlicensed personnel, it is ultimately the nurse's responsibility to ensure that all documentation is complete prior to _____.
- 4. Nurses and techs must find one another at the beginning of each shift to discuss foleys, drains, turns, baths, feeding and blood sugars for _____ patient that they share.
- 5. Your patient needs a green posey fall alarm if their Hester Davis fall score is _____ or more.
- 6. Your annual requirements shown in Training Tracker must be completed BEFORE they _____.
- 8. When we don't document that we have placed SCDs, done catheter care, changed central line dressings, etc., it appears as though it was not _____.
- 9. When restraints are discontinued, everything that at one time said "continued" must now be documented as _____ (including each limb).
- 10. When blood cultures are contaminated upon collection, it costs the patient _____ of dollars for extra time spent in the hospital for unnecessary treatment.
- 11. A patient's Hester Davis fall score and corresponding safety measures must be discussed during ____ handoff.
- 14. Patients and medications must always be scanned during med pass. If a COW is not working, please call the IT help desk (number listed on COW) and tell them it's a priority ____.
- 15. You cannot work or get paid if your license, BLS or _____ expires.
- 18. Your patient needs a yellow fall band if their Hester Davis fall score is ______ or more.
- 20. Your patient needs a skin care plan and a wound nurse consult for a specialty mattress/bed if their Braden score is ______ or less.
- 23. Before starting each shift, nurses must be aware of all _____ orders on their patients at all times. "The previous nurse did not tell me that" does not hold up in court. Don't trust each other. We all make mistakes and get sidetracked. You MUST look in EPIC when you receive handoff.
- 25. Please do not hang _____ on the COWS!!! We get in really big trouble.