In partnership with our HCA Florida Blake Hospital, please review the documentation requirements for Plan of Care.
Plan of Care should be created AND documented on during ALL admissions.
This ensures LPN's are able to follow up with documentation and stay within their scope of practice.
Thank you,
HWS Clinical Ops Team
Topics:
Blake Medical Center,
All Nurses,
Meditech
In partnership with our HCA Gulf Coast facilities, please see the below opportunity for 1 CNE credit on October 20, 2023.
Med Recs to Prevent Med Wrecks
Thank you,
HWS Clinical Ops Team
Topics:
Gulf Coast Division,
All Nurses
In partnership with our HCA Florida Lawnwood facility, please review and re-educate yourself with gastrostomy tube, continuous feeding and site care policies. We aim to ensure consistent and safe care to our patients and thank you for your partnership!
Gastrostomy, Continuous Feeding and Site Care Policies
Thank you,
HWS Clinical Ops Team
Topics:
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute,
All Nurses,
Patient Experience
Hi HWS Team! In Partnership with our Medical City Fort Worth Ortho/Neuro Unit, please familiarize yourself with the assessment, performance and documentation requirements for post operative patients.
- All post operative patients must ambulate within 4 hours after surgery
- Patients must be fitted for a brace.
- Neurovascular checks should be performed at 0400, 0800, 1200, 1600 and 2000.
Please also refer to the overview sheets with QR codes that are spread throughout the unit to assist you in remembering the required assessments, performance and documentation requirements for the unit.
Thank you for your continued partnership in patient care and safety! We appreciate you!
-HWS Clinical Ops Team
Topics:
Orthopedics,
Patient Safety,
All Nurses,
Medical City Fort Worth
In partnership with our Medical City Fort Worth facility, please review the updated Suicide Huddle Card. Screening should occur in patients age 12 years and older whom are being admitted with behavioral health complaints.
Suicide Huddle Card
Thank you for your dedication to patient safety.
HWS Clinical Ops Team
Topics:
Behavioral Health,
Emergency Room,
Medical City,
All Nurses
In partnership with our HCA Houston facilities, please review the attachment regarding higher level of care SBAR communication in rapid response situations.
SBAR Rapid Response
Thank you for your continued commitment to patient care and safety!
Topics:
All Nurses,
Clear Lake Regional,
HCA Houston Healthcare
In partnership with our West Florida Division facilities, please review the below attachments for Stroke Core Measure nursing education. Evidence based stroke care encompasses not only clinical aspect of the care provided, but also how well we document care provided in the medical health records. The chart audits identified an opportunity with a few areas of stroke care, such as:
- Documentation of VTE prophylaxis (see Nursing units RN Stroke orientation slide 23)
- Patient’s discharge Stroke education with individualized risk factors
- Neuro checks and NIH documentation
Nursing units RN Stroke orientation
Discharge Stroke Education Documentation
Frequent Neuro Intervention
Stroke_TIA Tips Admission and Discharge
Thank you for your dedication to patient safety!
Topics:
Oak Hill Hospital,
West Florida Division,
All Nurses
In partnership with our facilities, please remember that texting physicians from your personal phone is not encrypted or HIPAA approved. Please see below for a refresher regarding mobile communications with physicians.
Texting Providers
Thank you for your dedication to patient safety and HIPAA policies!
Topics:
Patient Safety,
San Antonio Division,
All Network Staff,
All Nurses
In partnership with our North Texas facilities, we are launching a new web-based application scheduling tool. Blockit is a simple web-based application that will be added to your facility’s intranet site, easily accessible from any workstation or iPad. SSO Button will automatically login users that have a profile built in Blockit based on their AD credentials. Within minutes after the ED Provider referral, staff will be able to schedule the patient’s follow up appointment at bedside.
Key Benefits
- Booking of patient appointments in real-time at point-of-care (PoCS)
- Sending of referrals through the Blockit platform directly to receiving provider’s EMR system
- Tracking of patient referral and appointment status in real-time
- Insights into referral activity through analytics
- Increased patient follow-through with their scheduled appointment
Blockit Master Training
Blockit Scheduling Queue Instructions
Topics:
North Texas Division,
Frisco,
All Nurses
Within our HCA facilities, isolated events resulting in burn injury to the chest, neck, head and facial areas of the patient have been reported from defibrillator use. While defibrillator fires are not completely preventable, with appropriate precautions and techniques, the risk can be mitigated.
Please familiarize yourselves with the below documents to help us lower the risk of these events.
OR Fire Risk Assessment & Protocol
Patient Safety Defibrillator Huddle Card
Thank you for your dedication to patient safety!
Topics:
Patient Safety,
HCA,
All Network Staff,
All Nurses