Hospital Orientation 2023 with verified questions and answers

Appropriateness of MOLST orders is reviewed every ______ ___ (numeral) days for the Alternate Level of Care patient. 60 Which of the following is a sign that your colleague may be impaired? (Select ALL that apply) a. Takes family calls from call room b. Takes 2 champagnes at Christmas party when off-duty c. Completes any unfinished charts at the end of shift d. Asks for debriefing after a code where patient passed e. Poor memory and poor concentration f. Unexplained absences e, f A patient's family tells a student you they are very unhappy about the care their family member is receiving. What should the student do? a. First give them the NYSDOH phone number to call. b. Tell them you aren't an employee. c. Tell them you are sorry and you will notify the staff nurse, instructor and the charge nurse or manager. d. Promise them a deduction on their hospital room c According to New York State Law, a professional can be found guilty of misconduct only if the patient is harmed. a. True b. False b Healthcare providers who obtain confidential HIV related information in the course of providing health services might not disclose this information until the protected individual has given permission to the release of such information. a. True b. False a In NYS a designated staff member reviews the patient's Bill of Rights with them at admission. The Rights include [select ALL that are correct] a. Receive treatment without discrimination as to sexual orientation b. Participate in decisions about the standards of care of the hospital c. Make known their wishes in regard to anatomical gifts d. Receive pain medications on a set schedule. a, c, d Key issues to address at the end of life include all the following except: a. respect for the dignity, privacy, and confidentiality of the patient and family b. pain control and symptom management c. designation of a health care agent in the event the patient is unable to make medical decisions d. restricted visiting hours to avoid upsetting the family d Smoking is permitted in designated areas outside of most hospitals. a. True b. False b Corporate Compliance would require reporting: a. Accurate record keeping b. A breach in patient confidentiality. c. Medical device failure. d. Appropriate billing practices. b You and a co-worker are PAs in an ED together; you're both licensed to care for trauma victims, including suturing lacerations. Which of the following circumstances, observed in your co-worker, constitutes professional misconduct or that the co-worker is an impaired professional, and mandates that you speak to the Office of Professional Discipline or the appropriate supervisor? a. Uses gloves when drawing blood and placing ivs even in very difficult patients with hard to feel veins b. Co-worker has 3 traffic tickets c. Co-worker lets the PA student suture the patient's injury; remains in the room with them. d. Declines to care for, and passes on the care of any North Sudanese patients to you and other co-workers because he/she is South Sudanese d To ensure the safe use of anticoagulation therapy, hospitals have implemented which of the following key elements? a. All of the above b. Restricting use of anticoagulation medications to individually packaged dosage forms, prefilled syringes, or premixed infusion bags. c. Development of guidelines and protocols to assist with the initiation and maintenance of anticoagulation therapy. d. Patient and staff education a CLABSIs can be prevented by adhering to the following interventions: a. Proper management of the line. b. Both proper management of the line AND proper placement of the line. c. Proper management and proper placement are insufficient by themselves to prevent all CLABSIs d. Proper placement of the line. b As you are completing your interview with your cardiac patient, he clutches his chest and becomes unresponsive - you call to your nurse and appropriately begin CPR (when no pulse detectable). Shortly, overhead, you hear the page operator announce: a. Dr. Heart to (location) STAT b. Code Team to (followed by location) c. Code Blue to (followed by location) d. Code 99 to (followed by location) b If you are on duty when a disaster plan is activated in your hospital due to a disaster, you should await instruction to assist in transport of patients, delivery of trays, or other activities within the scope of the student role. a. True b. False a Employees who knowingly participate in improper billing practices are subject to discipline including losing their jobs. a. True b. False a Which is TRUE about the Safe Medical Device Act? a. Use of patient-provided medical equipment should be continued as soon as possible after admission to a hospital, as the patient is most familiar with their own device b. New, borrowed, leased, physician owned equipment, and equipment being returned from loan can be immediately placed in use. c. All medical equipment must be in good physical condition, wired with a chassis ground via a separate third wire in the appropriately sized power cord, and have a hospital-grade plug attached. d. If you find an out-of-date inspection sticker, or you experience a medical equipment failure or problem, call the nursing manager, take the device to the station unplugged and open it for repairs c Posting information about a patient on social media, even without using a name is not permitted without a HIPAA-compliant authorization signed by the patient. a. True b. False b