CV Essentials for Ambulatory Nurses – Foundations-Handout: Nurse Workflow Scavenger Hunt

Handout: Nurse Workflow Scavenger Hunt

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This document is a scavenger hunt for healthcare professionals involved in cardiovascular nursing. The goal is to search for various equipment, processes, and policies within a clinic or organization. The items to be found include emergency equipment and processes such as AED/code cart, oxygen tanks, code response, and ED transportation. Additionally, rooming workflow, chart prepping items, blood pressure policy, EKG workflow, and holter and event monitor workflows are to be discovered. <br /><br />The scavenger hunt also extends beyond the clinic and covers organizational aspects. This includes finding patient education materials, understanding the pre-procedure and scheduling workflow, refill policy, sample policy, ordering process for supplies, lab procedures, and medication administration policy. Additionally, workflows for nurse visits, cardiac clearance, and screening tools used are to be explored. <br /><br />The document further suggests identifying various specialties, services, and programs within the organization such as heart failure, cardiac transplant, electrophysiology, structural heart/valve clinic, lipid/preventative clinic, and more. Participants are encouraged to learn about the referral criteria for these services and how patients can be connected to them. <br /><br />Other areas of focus in the scavenger hunt include clinic and system quality metrics, cardiac registry participation, cardiovascular certifications, professional development opportunities, and organization policies on dress code, attendance, paid time off, and overtime. In conclusion, this scavenger hunt aims to familiarize healthcare professionals with the various aspects of cardiovascular nursing and the organization they work for.

Keywords

cardiovascular nursing

emergency equipment

EKG workflow

patient education

cardiac clearance

heart failure

quality metrics

professional development

referral criteria

organization policies