Besides following hospital procedures for PCA medication administration, how to determine when to use opiate and Benzodiazepine reversal agents.

As a healthcare professional, it is important to know the difference between infiltration and extravasation.

Healthcare organizations develop policies and procedures to specify whom to contact first and next when a situation arises that requires intervention beyond the scope of the nurse’s practice. 

The most recent "Specifications Manual for National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures" contains categories of Core Measures including Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Surgical Care Improvement, Immunization, Prevention and other categories.

Failure to properly disinfect or sterilize equipment carries not only risk associated with breach of host barriers but also risk for person-to-person transmission.