Which of the following are BHT responsibilities:

1. Admissions

2. Obtain vital signs

3. Supply ordering

4. Security

What entails patient orientation, patient search, and personal effects inventory?

Which of the following is a part of the patient admission process:

1. Have patients change their clothes into hospital pajamas upon admission.

2. Patients are closely observed while changing to ensure they are not carrying or hiding something.

3. Must be conducted unprofessionally.

4. Explain the process of the patient search to the patient and specifically ask if they have any restricted items in their possession.

To preserve the patient’s rights and avoid suspicion of impropriety, two staff members of the same gender as the patient are present are part of what process?

Which of the following are not allowed:

1. Alcohol

2. Prescription Medication

3. Pens

4. Belt or shoelaces

5. Over the counter medications

Patients are allowed to keep uniforms and boots without laces, but it will be kept in a locker until they are discharged.

Search the belongings thoroughly, to include inside pockets of clothing, all compartments on luggage, and other potential hiding places.

It has four types of observation categories based on patient assessment.

It entails observing/monitoring a patient at regular intervals (exact time is clearly defined in the provider’s order and notes).

It entails closing observing or monitoring a patient. Also describes the status of a patient who poses imminent danger to self/others and must be kept under continuous observation/monitoring to ensure their safety.

It is the direct, continuous observation/monitoring of only one individual considered a very high safety risk to self or others. The observer must always be located within arms-length of the patient.

It is when a patient demonstrates severe impairment in judgment and some impulsivity or behavioral discord but accepts verbal redirection and maintains behavior control with an observer close by (6-10 feet).

In LOS procedures, the observer maintains an impeded view (line of sight/eyesight) of the patient at all times.

It is when the staff member does the following:

1. Observe/interacts with patient every 15 minutes.

2. Document the patient’s location and behaviors during assigned watch on the unit specific observation sheet.

3. Environmental hygiene: assess milieu for hospital hazards; secure doors and patient areas.

It is when the staff member does the following:

1. Observe/interacts with patient every 30 minutes.

2. Document the patient’s location and behaviors during assigned watch on the unit specific observation sheet.

When the time comes for the Board to change hands, the person coming off the duty will replace the Rounds Board into the hands of the person coming on, and give a brief report of the last hour to the new person assigned.

During hourly rounding, all doors must be checked to confirm that they are locked/secured.

A staff member is properly relieved from unit rounds when another staff member physically relieves them of this responsibility.

Under detoxification, the severity of symptoms of alcohol withdrawal or quantified by:

Under detoxification, the severity of symptoms of opiate withdrawal are quantified by the:

The patient’s blood alcohol level (BAL) should be less than 90 at the time of admission.

Patients experiencing mild to moderate withdrawal have a CIWA score less than 19.

All patients receiving IV therapy should be placed on 1:1 observation during IV administration.

When patients are escorted off the unit, there must be an appropriate number of staff remaining on the unit, proportionate to the number of remaining patients.

It is the act of running away or escaping; considered fleeing, or leaving without permission.

The following are behavioral cues associated with patient elopement:

1. Treats hospitalization seriously.

2. Angry, hostile, or upset about hospitalization.

3. Accepts treatment.

4. Talks openly of leaving.