Orientation Survey #1

1) A psychiatry consult is necessary in order to officially determine a patient’s capacity to make medical decisions?

2) Family and friends should not be used to interpret medical information because of issues related to:

3) An example of narrating the care is:

4) It is ok to include why I believe a particular issue occurred in my description of the event in an incident report.

5) SBAR is a framework for communication of handoffs and focuses on the problem, not the people involved.

6) Complete medical record documentation is important for all of the following except:

7) Hospital Acquired Conditions are:

8) A patient comes into the emergency department for the 10th time in 4 months with the complaint of low back pain. The resident performs a cursory exam before presenting the patient as “drug seeking” to the attending. A database search reveals the patient has received 4 prescriptions for oxycodone recently. The patient is discharged without further work-up and later returns in septic shock from pyelonephritis. Which human factor occurred?

9) Who do you contact when you have a patient for whom you suspect domestic violence is an issue?

10) The phrase “Present on Admission” differentiates conditions present at the time of admission from those conditions that develop during the inpatient admission.