Across
- 2. Before any invasive procedure can be preformed the patient or guardian for the patient must give _______.
- 4. Hands should be washed with soap and water for at least _____ seconds.
- 5. All hospital patients are assessed for risk of falling on admission and reassessed every ______ hours.
- 6. What should you do if a patients ID band is incorrect?
- 9. When should an alarm be turned off?
- 14. culture of safety depends on two things: reliable documentation and good ______
- 15. what does the A in S-B-A-R stand for?
- 16. what does the B in S-B-A-R stand for?
- 17. in hospitals all patients are considered potentially infectious and require _____ precautions.
- 23. what does the I in HAI stand for?
- 25. A method of communicating patient info in hospitals is _____ signs.
- 26. A Morse fall risk score greater than 40 indicates _____ risk for a fall.
Down
- 1. What should always be checked before silencing an alarm?
- 3. A red-orange _____ label should be placed on malfunctioning equipment
- 7. _____ precautions are required when infectious organisms are transmitted from the respiratory tract into the air.
- 8. When a verbal or phone order or lab value is taken by the nurse, the nurse must ________ the info to verify that the info is correct.
- 10. Armbands are placed on the patient at admission. The presence of this is noted every_________.
- 11. Where should defective equipment be taken?
- 12. A physician's order for medical restraints must be obtained within ________ hours of placement.
- 13. Nursing students can or cannot take verbal orders?
- 16. An assessment tool used to predict the patient's risk for developing impaired skin
- 18. Patients at high risk for falls should be left alone in the bathroom? (yes/no)
- 19. A word formed by the initial letters of several words is an _____.
- 20. Acronym used for high alert medications
- 21. VRE is usually found where?
- 22. _____ restraints are used to prevent the patient from pulling out IV lines or climbing out of bed.
- 24. who is at the greatest risk for healthcare acquired pneumonia?