Transcript Student Guidelines Powerpoint

PRESENCE ST. MARY’S
STUDENT GUIDELINES
Welcome both students and
instructors to our facility for your
clinical experience.
The following guidelines are
intended to facilitate your
experience here at Presence St.
Mary Hospital.
PARKING
All students must park behind St. Rose
Rectory. Parking is available East of the
telephone poles.
Please display the PSMH parking tag from
your rear view mirror or on the front dash.
Your car MAY BE TOWED if parked in
other lots that are reserved for visitors and
employees.
DRESS CODE
The uniforms adopted by your respective
schools must be worn while on duty.
Students and instructors who come into the
hospital the evening prior to assigned duty to
study charts are asked to be in uniform (lab coat
and name pin) so that hospital staff can identify
you.
A professional image is expected.
No perfumes, artificial nails or other body
piercings other than 2 earrings (modest size).
Meals
Students are welcome to eat in the
hospital cafeteria.
Food is available in the cafeteria from
0700 until 1830
Food may not be taken into work areas.
SMOKING
Smoking is NOT permitted on the hospital
campus, this includes inside as well as
outside the property.
PERSONAL VALUABLES
Space is limited in nursing /staff lounges.
Please do not bring large sums of money
or valuables into the hospital setting.
Coats and books can be left in the breakrooms or as designated by your instructor.
INJURIES
In the event of exposure to blood/body fluids or a
sharps injury: the instructor/student notifies the
charge nurse immediately who in turn should
contact House Ops.
The instructor should follow up with House Ops
at the time of injury. House Ops will have forms
for injured party to fill out. The instructor should
also follow their school policy.
The instructor needs to report any other INJURY
(such as a fall) in the MIDAS system .
INCIDENTS INVOLVING A
PATIENT
The student needs to report the incident
(medication error, injury to patient, and
etc.) to their instructor.
The instructor along with the assistance of
the student need to report the incident in
the MIDAS system.
Prior to leaving the unit, a description of
the incident and follow-up needs to be
discussed with the charge nurse.
CALLING OFF
Students should follow school policy.
Students should also call the department,
and leave a message for the instructor,
giving their name and school.
NURSING STATIONS
Space in nursing stations is limited.
Please be sensitive to others needs
regarding seating area and charting
responsibilities.
When physicians are present be respectful
of their time. You may have to give up the
chart or your computer and wait.
REVIEWING PATIENT CHARTS
Minimal information is kept in patients
charts, however when removing a chart, a
staff member should be aware of it’s
location so a physician doesn’t have to
search for it.
Place a piece of paper in the rack
indicating where the chart can be located
GIVING MEDICATIONS
With the supervision of their instructor and the
level of preparedness in the nursing/respiratory
program following hospital policy students can
administer medications.
This may include monitoring IV’s, discontinuing
IV’s and giving IV medications if the content is
covered in the school’s curriculum.
COMMENTS/CONCERNS
DURING ROTATION
Comments/concerns can be directed to
the manager of the clinical unit.
Any other clinical issues, including safety
and quality, can be directed to the Clinical
Education Manager, Amy Whitis ext. 2495.
Safety and quality concerns can also be
reported to The Joint Commissioninformation on how to do so is posted
throughout the hospital
PASTORAL CARE
The Chaplin's will take communion to
patients on a daily basis per request of the
patient.
Students should stay in the room when a
Chaplin comes to visit, but need to stand
aside so he/she can approach the patient
easily.
CONFIDENTIALITY
All information gathered by the student in
oral/written/printed form is confidential and needs to
be treated as such.
Access codes are only valid with the semesters
clinical
There shall be no patient documentation leaving the
hospital. If a student chooses to print something
from the medical record, its should be placed in the
recycle bin prior to leaving the unit/area.
EXCEPTION… a comprehensive radiology report,
lab report, or GPP may be printed if all patient
identifiers are cut off of the document and placed in
the recycle bin
CONFIDENTIALITY
This exception does NOT include H&P’s,
consultations, or any other documentation that
would have personally recognizable information
within the document.
It is an expectation that the above rules will be
honored by all students. If a student is found in
breaching the above rules, the use of Presence
St. Mary’s Hospital as a clinical site for that
student will be revoked.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Students are treated as staff. All staff are
subject to random audits by Risk
Management.
A student may only view a patient’s record
that he/she is assigned.
Viewing records outside the assignment,
the use of Presence St. Mary’s Hospital as
a clinical site for that student will be
revoked.
HOSPITALS EMERGENCIES
Dial “71” on any phone to report a fire. A
“Dr. Firestone” is a fire.
Dial “71” on any phone to report a “Code
Blue” (cardiac or respiratory arrest) or
Code R (Rapid Response).
Dial “71” for a security emergency.