Average adult heart rate - answer✔60-100 beats per minute
Average adult respiratory rate - answer✔12-20 respirations per minute
Average adult temperature - answer✔98.6 +/- 1F
What level of pain should be reported to the nurse? - answer✔Test: 8 and above
Life: 6 and above
Vital signs to be checked - answer✔-pain level
-temperature
-heart rate
-respiration rate
-blood pressure
-oxygen saturation
What is the emergency number to page Osanna on? - answer✔888-284-2914
Who is the CEO of COPE? - answer✔Allen Miller
If there is an injury to you in the hospital, what do you do? - answer✔1. tell the charge nurse
2. seek treatment at employee health where you will fill out an incident report
3. page Osanna
Who is the CEO of the hospital? - answer✔Jennifer Swenson
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How many hours are needed to graduate from the program? - answer✔280 hours
How many hours per rotation are required to complete a department assignment? -
answer✔48 hours
Health scholars follow under direct authority of who? - answer✔charge nurse, supervisor, or
department manager
Complete uniform consists of... - answer✔polo shirt tucked in, khaki pants, badge, white non-
canvas shoes, long hair tied back, no large jewelry, no strong fragrance, and shirts underneath
polo must be white of exact color of health scholar polo
When are you allowed a thirty minute break? - answer✔when you have two back to back four
hour shifts
How long is suspension usually? - answer✔Two weeks (two shifts)
How long can a leave of absence be? - answer✔14-180 days
After 110 days of leave of absence what must be done? - answer✔they must repeat training
and repass both exams
After 180 days of leave of absence what must be done? - answer✔they must reapply, readmits,
repeats training and repass both exams
What must one do to submit leave of absence? - answer✔they must submit a leave of absence
form 14 days prior to the LOA coordinator and get it approved. if approved, they must turn in
badge until coming back
When are you able to request a letter of recommendation? - answer✔at 240+ hours
How long after graduation are you able to request a letter of recommendation? -
answer✔three months after
How long can it take for the letter of recommendation to be processed? - answer✔two months
If you are unable to go to a meeting, you must do the following - answer✔1. notify the
department coordinator
2. review the meeting minutes and complete an online quiz within seven days after the meeting
If you miss a meeting, does that count for a missed shift out of the three that is allowed per
rotation? - answer✔yes
What does program completion consist of? - answer✔1. a minimum of 280 hours
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2. submit a program completion request form
3. shift through the duration of the rotation they intend to graduate from
4. alumni survey
5. submit badge
Eligible hours are... - answer✔30 hours of training, department shadowing hours, clinical floor
hours, project hours, recruitment hours, meeting hours
How many recruitment hours can you get? - answer✔10 total. Each person is 2 hours so you
can recruit 5 people.
When is the competency checklist due? - answer✔Before the end of the second week of the
month
Signing in - answer✔1. must locate the sign in binder for that department
2. sign in; indicate AM or PM; round to nearest quarter
3. report to the nurse's station
Signing out - answer✔1. return to the sign in binder
2. indicate AM or PM
3. add total hours
4. sign name
Rescheduled shift - answer✔when you notify the department coordinator more than 48 hours
before the start of the scheduled shift and reschedule the shift with a valid reason
allowed one per month
Excused missed shift - answer✔when you notify the department coordinator less than 48 hours
before the start of the scheduled shift and reschedules the shift with a valid reason
allowed two per rotation
no more than one in a single month
Unexcused missed shift - answer✔when you do not attend your scheduled shift and does not
inform the department coordinator before the start of the shift
Anatomical Position - answer✔body is erect
head, eyes, toes, and palms are directed forward with limbs at the side of the body
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Medial - answer✔Towards the body's midline
Lateral - answer✔Away from the body's midline
Anterior - answer✔front of body aka ventral
Posterior - answer✔towards back of body aka dorsal
Proximal - answer✔close to the middle of the body; towards torso
Distal - answer✔away from the middle of the body; away from the torso
Cranial - answer✔towards the top of the head
Caudal - answer✔away from the top of the head; towards the hind parts
Superior - answer✔above or over something
Inferior - answer✔below or under something
Flexion - answer✔closing of a joint
Extension - answer✔opening of a joint
Supination - answer✔palm of hand faces forward ventrally or anteriorly
Pronation - answer✔palm of hand faces backward dorsally or posteriorly
Supine - answer✔lying down facing ceiling (on back)
Prone - answer✔lying down facing the floor (on stomach)
Eversion - answer✔sole of foot faces outward
Inversion - answer✔sole of foot faces inward
Adduction - answer✔(ADDuction) move toward the midline
Abduction - answer✔(ABDuction) move away from the midline
Trendelenburg Position - answer✔patient's head is low and legs are elevated
used as a first measure for hypotension or change of blood flow
Reverse Trendelenburg Position - answer✔patient's head is elevated
used for head trauma victims (anyone with an open/bleeding wound)
Fowler's Position - answer✔semi-sitting position with hip at an angle of 45-60 degrees
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