Student and Faculty Orientation Resources

Forms

Use the links below to download these forms:

Frequently Used Phone Numbers

Main Hospital Number: 601-968-1000
Security: 601-968-1010
To call a Patient Code or safety issue: 1710 (Call from any in-house phone)
Human Resources: 601-968-1296
Help Desk: 1122 from an internal phone; 901-227-7777 from a cell phone

Student Navigation and Clinical Placement Contacts:
Contact respective department coordinating clinical experience.
Staff Development Specialists in the Education Resource Center for nursing: 601-968-4186

 

Department and Unit Phone Numbers

Nursing Units

Phone Numbers

First Floor

 

Emergency Room

601-968-1700

1 North, Burn Stepdown

601-968-1800

Second Floor

 

OCU

601-968-1155

Cath Lab

601-968-1013

Endoscopy/GI Lab

601-968-1027

Same Day Surgery

601-968-1424

Surgery – OR

601-968-1190

2N CVR (West Tower)

601-968-1484

2N ICU West (West Tower)

601-968-1485

Third Floor

 

3A Senior Behavioral Health

601-968-1031

3B Medical

601-968-1032

3C ICU North 

601-968-1033

3D ICU-East

601-968-1034

3N Cardiac (West Tower)

601-968-1801

3S Cardiac (West Tower)

601-968-1802

Fourth Floor

 

4A Med-Surg

601-968-1041

4B Pediatrics

601-968-1042

4C Labor and Delivery (The Birthplace)

601-968-1043

4D Neuro/Stroke

601-968-1044

4N NICU (West Tower)

601-968-1045

4S Mother/Baby (West Tower)

601-960-1803

Fifth Floor

 

5C Stepdown

601-968-1053

5D Oncology

601-968-1054

5N Surgical (West Tower)

601-968-1804

5S Urology (West Tower)

601-968-1805

Sixth Floor

 

6A Medical

601-968-1061

6B Medical

601-968-1062

6C Orthopedics

601-968-1063

6D: Orthopedics

601-968-1064

 

Terminology

These terms may be helpful to the Student and Instructor.

Abbreviation

Location

Definition

EPIC, "Baptist OneCare"

Computers

Electronic Medical Record

Clinical Director

 

Responsible for multiple units and reports to the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)

Clinical Nurse Residency Program

 

Transition program for newly graduated nurses

E-Orders

Computers

Electronic Order Entry System

ERC

LL

Education Resource Center

Head Nurse

 

Usually has 1 unit and reports to a Nurse Manager

HealthStream

Computers

Computer Based Learning

Intern I

 

Student nurse who has completed 2 semesters of nursing school

Intern II

 

Student nurse who has graduated, but not yet taken NCLEX

Kanban

 

Carts for general supplies

MSDS/SDS

All

Material Safety Data Sheets – information on hazardous materials

Nurse Manager

 

Responsible for multiple units as a Nurse Leader.  Head Nurses answer to Nurse Managers.

Omnicell

 

Automated Medication Dispensing System

Oscar

Computers

Incident Reporting System on SharePoint

Ovid

All

Search engine for medical resources; available on all computers

PCA

 

Patient Care Assistant = Nursing Assistant

PCA II

 

Patient Care Assistant who has CNA certification; allowed to take blood sugars and vital signs under the direction of an RN

SharePoint

Computers

Intranet Access to Policies and Procedures; and other resources

 

Do-Not-Use Abbreviations

Abbreviation/Dose
Expression/
Stemmed Names
NOT ALLOWED ¯

Intended Meaning

Misinterpretation

Correction

MS
MSO4
MgSO4

Morphine or Magnesium Sulfate

Mistaken for incorrect medication - can mean either medication

Morphine Sulfate

Magnesium Sulfate

Q.D.
Q.O.D.

Every day
Every other day

Mistaken for each other

Write:  Daily
Write: Every other day

U or u

Unit

Read as a zero (0) or a four (4), causing a 10 fold overdose or greater (4U seen as "4" or 4 seen as 44").

"Unit" has no acceptable abbreviation. Use "unit"

IU

International unit

Misread as IV (intravenous).

Use "units."

Zero after decimal point (1.0)

1 mg

Misread as 10 mg if the decimal point is not seen.

Do not use terminal zeros for doses expressed in whole numbers.

No zero before decimal dose 
(.5 mg)

0.5 mg

Misread as 5 mg.

Always use the zero before a decimal when the dose is less than a whole unit. 

 

Sound-Alike, Look-Alike Drugs (SALAD)

buPROPion

busPIRone

carBAMazepine

OXcarbazepine

ceFAZolin

cefOXitin

CeleBREX

CeleXA

clonazePAM

cloNIDine

DULoxetine

FLUoxetine

levoFLOXacin

levETIRAcetam

metFORMIN

metroNIDAZOLE

oxyCODONE

HYDROcodone

OxyCONTIN

oxytocin

predniSONE

prednisoLONE

rocuronium

ROMAZICON

valACYclovir

valGANciclovir

 

Central Supply

Supplies are stored on each unit in a visual inventory control system storage cabinet, which is called a Kanban. The system is operated by logging into the EPIC charge section and scanning items on the “pink” shelves to charge them to the patient. Items on all other shelves may be used as needed without charging to the patient. Once the last item in a bucket is used, the bucket should be placed on the top of the cabinet for central supply to restock.

National Patient Safety Goals

2024 National Patient Safety Goals

Product Education

MBMC uses the Plum360 ICU Medical Pumps. They are dual channel smart pumps with an electronic drug library that is customized to clinical areas. Online training is available. Password to access in-service videos for the Plum 360 ICU Medical with MedNet is Plum360ShowcaseClick here for a Plum360 Quick Reference Card.

Please review before clinical hours that would include use of the pumps.

The automated medication dispensing system is Omnicell. Online training is available.

Username and password to access in-service videos for Omnicell are:

  • Username: cecenter 
  • Password: baptist

Click here for an Omnicell Quick Reference Card.

Please review before clinical hours that would include medication administration.

Nursing and Patient Resources

Electronic Resources

This is a fantastic resource for your students to use while on campus to look up evidence based practice and much more. Follow this path on any in-house computer: SharePoint - Departments - Education Resource Center - UpToDate / Ovid - Nursing Reference Center.

Patient Education Reference Center

Hundreds of patient education sheets from disease processes, radiology tests, to discharge teaching.

SharePoint - Departments - Education Resource Center - Baptist Nursing Online - UpToDate / Ovid

SharePoint

SharePoint is the intranet for Baptist Health Systems. It is available through an icon on each in-house computer. Most policies and procedures are available on SharePoint and many other resources also. We encourage Faculty/Students to access SharePoint for information and guidance.

The most up to date Nursing Policies and Procedures are available on the left side of the page by clicking MBMC Policies and Procedures.

Some clinical policies that affect more areas than nursing may also be found on the left side of the page under Policies, Procedures & Guidelines - Corporate. For example, blood administration and the restraint policies.

The materials are printable; however they remain property of Mississippi Baptist Medical Center and are for reference only.

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