HCB Shipboard Questions with Correct Answers
Discharge planning Correct Answer-to reduce hospital length of stay and
unplanned readmission to hospital, and to improve the co-ordination of
services following discharge from hospital
Airborne Correct Answer-infectious agents that remain infectious over
long distances when suspended in the air
CDC Correct Answer-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
provides facilities and services for the investigation, identification,
prevention, and control of disease
Cohorting Correct Answer-grouping patients infected or colonized with
the same infectious agent together to confine their care to one area and
prevent contact with susceptible patients
Droplet Correct Answer-small drop, such as a particle of moisture
discharged from the mouth during coughing, sneezing, or speaking
HICPAC Correct Answer-Healthcare Infection Control Practices
Advisory Committee; provides advice and guidance to the CDC and the
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
regarding the practice of infection control and strategies for surveillance,
prevention, and control of healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial
resistance and related events in United States healthcare settings
,JCAHO Correct Answer-Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations; provides accreditation to U.S. hospitals and
other health care facilities
Ambulate Correct Answer-to move from place to place
Gait Correct Answer-manner of walking or moving on foot
Shift report Correct Answer-exchanging essential patient care
information with other nursing staff at change of shift
IRECs are normally retired ___ years after the last inpatient discharge
Correct Answer-2
Purpose of documenting patient care Correct Answer-ensure they meet
the highest standards of completeness, promptness, clinical pertinence,
and standards of the JCAHO
Information to be documented in a nursing note Correct Answer-date,
medication, treatments, and sign all notes
NAVMED 6550/8 Correct Answer-Medication Administration Record
How long is a NAVMED 6550/8 good for? Correct Answer-7 days
,The top, back side portion of the NAVMED 6550/8 is meant for what?
Correct Answer-one-time, STAT (immediate), and preoperative
medications
Although all medications are documented on the MAR, documentation
of PRN, STAT, and one-time medications are required on what as well?
Correct Answer-Nursing Notes
NAVMED 6550/12 Correct Answer-Patient Profile
SF 508 Correct Answer-Doctor's Orders
What must be updated when the physician updates, discontinues,
changes, or adds new orders? Correct Answer-NAVMED 6550/12
(Patient Profile)
SF 509 Correct Answer-Progress Notes
How long is a SF 509 good for? Correct Answer-2 days
SF 510 Correct Answer-Nursing Notes
What is the most common format for writing nursing notes? Correct
Answer-Block format
, What is the second, less common, method for writing nursing notes?
Correct Answer-charting by exception
What must be written when adding an entry that was late or forgotten
while writing a nursing note? Correct Answer-Late entry
SF 558 Correct Answer-Emergency Care and Treatment
DD Form 792 Correct Answer-24-hour Intake and Output Worksheet
Standard precautions Correct Answer-formerly known as universal
precautions; concepts in which all body fluids are assumed to be infected
with blood-borne pathogens. Developed by the CDC to facilitate
breaking the chain of infection
When was "universal precautions" changed to "standard precautions?"
Correct Answer-1996
Examples of blood-borne pathogens Correct Answer-HIV, Hepatitis A
and B
How are blood-borne pathogens transmitted? Correct Answer-patient to
provider, provider to patient, and equipment to patient
What should be used for every patient contact? Correct Answer-standard
precautions
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