Tiffany Powers RN, CEN

ED/ FED Nurse Educator

FED Upcoming Educational Events

In compliance with Annual Unit Education Requirements, it is MANDATORY that ALL RN’s, PCS’s, and Medics attend:

  • 1 Skills Day

  • 1 Mock Code

Sign-ups for all events will be made available in HealthStream.

 Updated Expired and soon to expired certifications

 EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENTS- 4/27/22

  • Malignant Hyperthermia Education- Please Review and be Familiar with Cart location, S/S and Treatments

 Care Of the Pregnant Patient in the ED

  • NWTH Policy for Care of OB patients in the ED

  • Quick Guide to Post Partum Hemorrhage and Hypertensive Disorders

  • Hypertension Disorders Power Point

  • Hypertensive Emergency Algorithms

  • Postpartum Hemorrhage Power Point

  • Precipitous Delivery Power point

APRIL EDUCATION OF THE MONTH-JCAHO READINESS

Click Link Below For This Months Education

 Pulsara Activation

ESI 5 TRIAGE

Appropriately triaging patients is very important. Please explore the resources below to ensure we are assessing patient correctly.

EMTALA LAWS

 How to SMS Patients

SMS Established Patient

SMS New Patient

PAST Announcements

  • -HROB Class 4/21/22

    -PCS Preceptors approved- Reach out to T. Powers if interested

    -New New Hire Orientation Process- including introductory page, mid orientation progress sheet and discharge orientation readiness sheet

    -Preceptors that did not attend the preceptor class please reach to me asap to set up a time to meet and discuss new process and forms

    -Cerner updates emailed to NWTHS Emails

    April-ish Education of the Month Posted- Please Review

  • JCAHO TIP SHEET

    Extravasation Flowsheet

    Medication Safety Alert

  • Prefilled NS syringe shortage- Click button to see conservation tip sheet

    3/2/22 Cerner Updates- Full Updated email to NWTH email and is located on the Intranet

    Stroke Reminders- Be sure to document a NIH and Swallow on EVERY patient that presents to the FED with stroke like symptoms, AMS, ALOC and Dizziness

    There was a high level of Blood culture contaminations for the month of Feb- Please Click button to review the Staff specific contamination rates- if you have a >20% contamination rate a 1:1 Re-education and competency must be completed with educator-

    Zosyn Dose changes 3.337g to 4.5 g- Click Button to review current changes