Staff Challenge


The AHAP Staff Challenge is a twice-monthly staff training ezine. Each issue features survey prep questions and creative training tips for all staff.

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Archives


2010

 03-16-10: Staff Challenge Question: Suicide risk assessment
03-09-10: Staff Challenge Question: Communication
03-02-10: Staff Challenge Question: Universal Protocol
02-23-10: Staff Challenge Question: Patient Rights
02-16-10: Staff Challenge Question: Medication Safety
02-09-10: Staff Challenge Question: Infection Control
02-02-10: Staff Challenge Question: Record of Care
01-26-10: Staff Challenge Question: Patient Falls
01-19-10: Staff Challenge Question: Emergency Operations
01-12-10: Staff Challenge Question: Organ donation
01-05-10: Staff Challenge Question: Communication

2009

12-29-09: Staff Challenge Question: Performance Improvement
12-22-09: Staff Challenge Question: Change in Patient Condition
12-15-09: Staff Challenge Question: Provision of Care
12-08-09: Staff Challenge Question: Informed Consent
12-01-09: Staff Challenge Question: Suicide Risk Assessment
11-24-09: Staff Challenge Question: Emergency Operations Planning
11-17-09: Staff Challenge Question: Surgical Site Care
11-10-09: Staff Challenge Question: Patient Rights
11-03-09: Staff Challenge Question: Medication Reconciliation
10-27-09: Staff Challenge Question: Emergency Operations
10-20-09: Staff Challenge Question: Infection Control
10-13-09: Staff Challenge Question: Record of Care
10-06-09: Staff Challenge Question: Universal Protocol
09-29-09: Staff Challenge Question: Organ donation
09-22-09: Staff Challenge Question: Look-alike/sound-alike medications
09-15-09: Staff Challenge Question: Performance improvement
09-08-09: Staff Challenge Question: Emergency preparedness
09-01-09: Staff Challenge Question: Patient Falls
08-25-09: Staff Challenge question: Verbal read-back
08-18-09: Staff Challenge question: Deemed status
08-11-09: Staff Challenge question: Medication safety
08-04-09: Staff Challenge question: Communication
07-28-09: Leadership
07-21-09: Discharge planning
07-14-09: Suicide risk assessment
07-07-09: Critical test results
06-23-09: Provision of care
06-16-09: Restraints
06-09-09: Clarification of last week’s posting
06-09-09: Infection control
06-02-09: Medication Reconciliation
05-26-09: Sentinel events
05-19-09: Patient identification
05-12-09: Universal Protocol
05-05-09: Handoff communication
04-28-09: Organ Donation
04-21-09: MRSA control
04-14-09: Isolation
04-07-09: Medication Safety
03-31-09: Emergency Preparedness
03-24-09: Discharge Planning
03-17-09: Universal Protocol
03-10-09: Patient Rights
03-03-09: Recent Joint Commission announcement
02-24-09: Leadership
02-17-09: Medication Reconciliation
02-10-09: NPSG.02.03.01, critical tests and results
02-03-09: Multidrug-resistant organisms
01-27-09: Patient Falls
01-20-09: Do-not-use abbreviations
01-13-09: Plan of care
01-06-09: Restraint and seclusion

2008

12-30-08: Patient identification
12-23-08: Patient flow
12-16-08: Medication labeling
12-09-08: NPSG.01.03.01
12-02-08: NPSG.07.04.01
11-25-08: Effective communication
11-18-08: Discharge planning
11-11-08: Environment of Care
11-04-08: NPSG # 2
10-28-08: Patient rights
10-21-08: Patient identification
10-14-08: Patient Injuries
10-07-08: Medication management
09-30-08: Emergency management
09-23-08: Infection Control
09-22-08: Clarification of last week's Staff Challenge
09-09-08: Patients' Rights
09-09-08: Patient’s Rights
09-02-08: Discharge Planning
08-26-08: 2009 National Patient Safety Goals
08-19-08: Suicide Risk Assessment
08-12-08: Licensure and Certification
08-05-08: Medication Labeling
07-29-08: Plan of Care
07-22-08: Patient handoff communication
07-15-08: HIPAA violation
07-08-08: Final verification
07-01-08: Patient information
06-24-08: Patient rights
06-17-08: Plan of care
06-10-08: Answering tracer questions
06-03-08: Not acceptable identification
05-27-08: Patient flow
05-20-08: Sedation evaluation
05-13-08: Critical results reporting
05-06-08: Infection Control- Hand Gels
04-29-08: Suicide Risk
04-22-08: Organ donation and procurement
04-15-08: Anticoagulant Therapy
04-08-08: Patient Assessment
04-01-08: Initial Assessment
03-18-08: Patient Falls
03-04-08: Medication Reconciliation
02-19-08: Look-alike/ sound-alike drugs
02-05-08: Verbal Orders
01-22-08: Patient Identification
01-08-08: New National Patient Safety Goals

2007

12-11-07: Universal Protocol
11-27-07: Early Response Program
11-13-07: Verbal Order Readback
10-30-07: Sedation and Anesthesia
10-16-07: Leadership Responsibilities
10-02-07: Handoffs
09-18-07: Medication Management
09-04-07: Restraints
08-17-07: Hand Sanitation
08-07-07: FMEA
07-24-07: Universal Protocol
07-10-07: Environment of Care
06-26-07: Medication Reconciliation
06-12-07: Root Cause Analysis
05-29-07: Sentinel Events
05-15-07: Infection Control
05-01-07: FMEA
04-17-07: Emergency Preparedness
04-03-07: Joint Commission
03-20-07: Universal Protocol
03-06-07: Patient Safety
02-20-07: Infection Control
02-06-07: Medication Safety
01-23-07: Medication Reconciliation
01-09-07: Infection Control

2006

12-26-06: Sentinel Events
12-12-06: Hand Sanitation
11-28-06: Handoffs
11-14-06: Medication Management
10-31-06: FMEA
10-17-06: Standards Compliance
10-03-06: Medication Reconciliation