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Worksheets2023 Perioperative Annual Competency
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
This team can be activated in response to a behavioral health emergency and activates clinical members plus security.
Code BERT
Code Airway
Code Pink
Code Stork
This type of loop should be avoided in a foley catheter tubing.
Independent
Double
Triple
Dependent loop
This can be activated in response to a patient visitor who is causing a disturbance.
Code Red
Code Purple
Code Blue
Code Gold
Staff must do this when there is broken equipment on the unit.
Leave the equipment in service and tell the next shift it isn't working.
Do nothing; the leader is responsible for addressing the broken item.
Remove the item from service, tag it, notify a leader, and enter a work order.
Call the rapid response nurse to address the broken equipment.
This nurse must do this if the central line dressing is solied or loose.
Change the dressing
Add another tegaderm over the loose dressing.
Nothing, the dressing will be changed every 7 days.
Delegate to the charge nurse
This is the number one must dial to request a rapid response or code blue?
5500
4444
2222
911
Orthostatic __________ is associated with an increase risk of falls.
Dizziness
Hypertension
Hypotension
Numbness
The nurse must notify a provider of a critical value within__ minutes of receiving the call from lab:
1
10
60
45
Nurses must have documentation of this when administering a high risk/high alert medication:
A witness
Consent form
Pain score
RASS Score
Temporary verbal orders for medications can only be accepted in these types of situations:
Typical
Standard
Emergency
Non-Urgent
What items are counted intraoperative?
All sponges, sharps and miscellaneous items
sharps only
Instruments only
Sharps an instruments only
In the event that a staff member needs assistance, the first person in the chain of command to notify is their:
Nursing supervisor
HR
Charge Nurse
State regulatory agency
When are counts performed?
Before the procedure only
After the procedure only
Before the procedure
Before closure of cavity
At skin closure
At the time of relief
Only when the surgeon request it
What is the role of the Tech during a Code Blue in the OR?
Nothing
Assist with compressions.
Leave the OR suite
Delegate to other techs
How long should Surgical Hand Antisepsis be performed?
1 minute
10 minutes
7 minutes
2-6 minutes
Sterile gowns should be considered sterile______
In front from chest to the level of the sterile field and the sleeves should be considered sterile from two inches above the elbows to cuff.
Near your back and the sleeves should be considered sterile from three inches below the elbows to cuff
By your neck to the level of the sterile field and the sleeves should be considered sterile from 5 inches above the elbows to cuff
Floor length only
Patient Safety in Surgical Services Include all except......
Before transferring a patient from stretch to the operating room table, check operating room table and stretcher to certain it is locked.
Carefully position arms, legs and other areas of the body necessary to prevent pressure area or nerve damage.
Assist patient from stretcher to be certain it is locked.
Leave the patient alone in the operating room
During the time out member will agree on the following except...
Correct patient
Correct site
Correct hospital
Correct Procedure
What is the role of the SA during a Code Blue in the OR?
Assist with chest compressions.
Delegate to the surgeon.
Do nothing.
Yells for help
What is the purpose of the (Universal Protocol/Time Out)?
To prevent wrong site
wrong procedure
wrong person and to identify the intended site or insertion.
To prevent wrong site
wrong procedure
wrong person and to identify the day of surgery.
To prevent wrong site
wrong diagnosis
wrong person and to identify the intended place of surgery.
To prevent right site
wrong procedure
wrong person and to identify the intended site or insertion.
Identify Your Team
