Across
- 3. technique used when changing dressing and staple/suture removal
- 4. _______ sulfate; MgSo4
- 5. "Have you seen ________?"; hand hygiene reminder
- 6. third step in S-B-A-R; current findings that need to be exchanged
- 10. ______ sulfate; MSo4
- 11. nurse second in chain of command
- 15. an acronym used to help nurses remember the high alert medications
- 16. hip bone
- 18. environmental items like insects, pollen, or latex
- 21. first step in S-B-A-R; purpose for the exchange of information
- 22. tail bone
- 24. hormone medication requiring two nurses to check dosage before administration and witness in the computer
- 26. ________ units; IU
- 28. emboli blood clot in arteries of the lungs; most preventable cause of hospital deaths
- 29. alternative to Q.D.
- 30. _________ associated urinary tract infection
Down
- 1. scale used to assess skin breakdown
- 2. ________ reconciliation; the means by which the patient's medications and how medications taken at home are verified and made available for the care provider to continue, modify, or discontinue while the patient is in the hospital
- 7. a tool to aid the caregiver in gathering necessary information that needs to be relayed to another provider
- 8. "falling leaves" color
- 9. ______ orders are no longer acceptable unless the prescriber is in an emergency situation or involved in a procedure
- 12. anticoagulant medication requiring two nurses to check dosage before administration and witness in the computer
- 13. culture of safety depends upon good ___________
- 14. second step in S-B-A-R; information in patient's history that is relevant to the communication
- 17. the last resort for medical healing or behavior control
- 19. name and date birth
- 20. _________ site infection; SSI
- 23. ______ of care
- 25. the CSSRS-Adult is a scale used to assess _____ risk
- 27. alternative to cubic centimeter