Write up of Survey Questions asked during April 2004 JCAHO survey visit Areas surveyed include: Admission UnitSurgeryRecovery room Tracer and Competence Survey Information A special thanks to Diane For posting! Courtesy of: Diane Mathews RN MS CNOR OR Educator Western WA You may Download Admission Unit/Surgery/Recovery room Tracer and Competence Survey Information or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

WorkPlace Violence Power Point Presentation: From the Author: Violence in the workplace is on the rise my research made a believer out of me The question is not what will happen it is when !!! My hat is off to you for taking on a unpopular but needed topic After I did the complete house wide training and trained our safety reps we noticed that reported incidence increased Was the increase due to more craziesor increased awareness? Power Point format Contributed by: Gene Farnsworth You may Download WorkPlace Violence Power Point Presentation or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

When requirements for fire protection environment and grounds safety are affected by construction Name of Hospital institutes and documents Interim Life Safety Measures to temporarily compensate for the hazard posed by existing life safety deficiencies Adobe pdf format Contributed By: Gene Farnsworth You may Download Construction/Renovation Policy Sheet or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

Trauma Flow Sheet #2: Registered Nurse Adobe pdf format You may Download Registered Nurse – Trauma Flow Sheet #2 or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

Trauma Flow Sheet #1 – Registered Nurse Emergency Room Adobe pdf format You may Download Trauma Flow Sheet #1 – Registered Nurse Emergency Room or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

Toy and Play Equipment Cleaning Policy Adobe pdf format You may Download Toy and Play Equipment Cleaning Policy or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

To share information gained in measuring effectiveness and outcomes through the process of implementing a Balanced Scorecard at Hudson River Psychiatric Center in New York This presentation will describe the process used to develop the Scorecard the results achieved and the strengths and weaknesses identified Lastly the authors will discuss changes made as a result of lessons learned Adobe pdf format Contributed By: Susan Dunham Director Risk Management and Standards Compliance You may Download Balanced ScoreCard Oral Presentation or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

To effectively train staff members in the prevention of and in the event of a fire in the operating room suite Physicians Registered Nurses Surgical Technologists Ancillary Staff members Anesthesia Care Providers You may Download PREVENTION OF SURGICAL ROOM / SUITE FIRES AND THE FIRE ACTION PLAN or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

This is a Power Point Staff Presentation Tool done in a Who wants to be a Millionaire format All employees were required to attend the 2 hour presentation Non-clinical staff were let our early – before the Patient Care portion was presented About a week after the presentation each department selected a representative to participate in the actual game These individuals were given a copy of the questions used in the review session These questions were used in the game Each person had to supply a lifeline ahead of time and any hospital employee was allowed to be in the audience The grand prize not a million dollars was a cash gift certificate to Wal-Mart Next time we will consider a different participant selection process and additional prizes There was a lot of excitement and anticipation about the game and employees were less grumbly about attending the sessions because of the game To view the presentation click on the policy name Contributed By: Jeanine Jaehne JCAHO Coordinator Pattie A Clay Regional Medical Center You may Download JCAHO or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

This Document prepared by the: APIC Bioterrorism Task Force Judith F English Mae Y Cundiff John D Malone and Jeanne A Pfeiffer CDC Hospital Infections Program Bioterrorism Working Group Michael Bell Lynn Steele and J Michael Miller Extensive material 40 pages on Bioterrorism Readiness Adobe pdf format Contributed by: Gene Farnsworth You may Download Bioterrorism Readiness Plan: A Template for Healthcare Facilities or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures