Across
- 3. This part of a patient's medical history should NEVER be left blank
- 4. Makes comparisons of national, state, and local hospitals
- 6. A document signed by the patient noting their willingness to continue
- 8. Frequently caused by poor hand hygiene
- 10. Acronym used to prevent unnecessary communication errors
- 11. Communicated to nurses over the phone
- 13. Occurs due to the sheer amount of alarms heard on a daily basis
- 15. Top of the chain
- 17. An acronym used by nurses to help remember high alert medications
- 18. Stops the spread of germs
- 21. #1 healthcare associated accidents
- 22. Indicated by a red-orange label
- 24. A mnemonic about good hand hygiene
- 25. Used to assess patient's skin
- 26. The last resort for behavioral control
Down
- 1. Another name for bedside treatment
- 2. Most preventable cause of hospital deaths
- 5. Used to inform healthcare providers whether they should continue, modify, or change medicines while the patient is in the hospital
- 7. Head of the bed elevated 30 degrees and the patient turned 30 degrees on their side
- 9. Never turned off, only silenced
- 12. Includes the patient's name, DOB, medication, dosage, frequency, as well as the reason
- 14. includes patient's name and date of birth
- 16. Used after leaving the restroom
- 19. Another name for catheter
- 20. Scale used for patients admitted for suicidal thoughts or actions
- 23. Used after touching contaminated objects