facility documentation standards - review all flowsheets especially
computer - charting and order entry/result retrieval
review P&P books with questions relevant to policies of high interest (blood tx, gtts, insulin, death, transfer inhouse and interfacility, narcotic policies, vs/monitoring, tele, attendance, doctors orders, chest tubes, peritoneal dialysis, admits/dc's, preop/preprocedure checklists, postop monitoring, special doc orders, order sets, emergency protocol orders)
map to where all departments are and how to get there
lab specimen policies - who collects what, when, how, what can go in the tube system
checking orders - QS, Q12, Q24hrs - which shift does it? how to do it
who signs off orders after secretary - charge or staff
list of all inhouse phone numbers
use of staff - all RN, RN/LPN, any CNA's, job descriptions of each
review equipment used - iv pumps, feeding pumps, scds both thigh hi/calf/foot pumps, o2 - wall and tank & safety issues, suction, specialty beds/mattresses, lifts, scales, vs machines, ekg machines, nebulizer machines, cpaps, wound vacs, ortho equipment setup - OHT/traction, copier/fax, dictation system, medication vending machine, glucose meter
inventory/charge cards
That's all I can think of for now. Hope it gives you a start.
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