Category: CATcf1_RN

  • RTN1210_B6_Smoke Free

    • EC: – No Butts About It: How and why hospitals should go smoke free[Pearl: LDR, MDx, PtEd, RNx, StEd] EC News October 2012, Vol 15, # 9, Pg 1 Most psychiatric hospitals have a written policy prohibiting smoking in all buildings as required by EC.02.01.03. However, our smoke-free policies (SFPs) and tobacco cessation programs…

  • RTN1209_B1_Corridors2

    Recommended Readings, Tips & Pearls •PR: – Clarifications and Expectations: Managing Corridor Clutter—Part 2 [REF:EOC, RN, SFT.] Perspectives September 2012, Pg 1, Vol 32, # 9 This article briefly summarizes what was presented in its Part 1 and then moves on to describe corridor exceptions for items such as wall-mounted hand rub dispensers and retractable…

  • RTN1209_B4_Med Tracer (BHC)

    • TS: –  Tracer Methodology 101: Individual Medication Management Tracer in a Residential Behavioral Health Care Program[®] [Ftxt] [REF: BHC, MD, MDx, Phrm, P&T, RN] The Source September 2012, Pg 6, Vol 10, # 9 Orientation and training should be in place to make sure staff are competent in the ‘basics’ of medication storage, side…