Inpatient Care Procedures and Protocols Quiz

EMTALA ensures emergency medical treatment and labor act, facilitating patient transfers.

Informed consent ensures patient understanding and agreement with proposed treatments.

Code blue is a request for immediate medical assistance for a patient in cardiac arrest.

Frequent handwashing is a common method to prevent hospital-acquired infections.

Code white is a request for assistance with a violent or aggressive patient in a hospital setting.

Nurses in inpatient care settings are primarily responsible for administering medications and treatments.

Rapid response teams in hospitals are designed to respond to medical emergencies outside the intensive care unit.

Social security numbers are not included in patient charts for privacy and security reasons.

Medical handoffs transfer patient care responsibility between healthcare providers.

DNR indicates the patient's preference not to be resuscitated in case of cardiac arrest.

Daily rounds assess and communicate patient status and care plans in inpatient settings.

D/C in medical records commonly refers to the discharge of a patient.

A 'time out' procedure ensures verification of patient identity, procedure, and site before a medical procedure.

IV in medical terminology stands for intravenous, referring to the administration of fluids or medications into a vein.

NPO in inpatient care means the patient should not consume anything orally.

Scanning a barcode on the patient's room door is not a common method of patient identification in hospitals.

Preventing pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients often involves frequent repositioning.

Contact precautions are often initiated for patients exhibiting symptoms like cough and fever.

Isolation precautions are often initiated for patients with a positive test for infectious diseases.