• Complete any necessary employee paperwork (e.g. human resources, health clearance) when notified by the Program Coordinator.
• Check AMION to verify your schedule as recent changes may have been made.
• Read the Wards Orientation Packet prior to arriving for details of the rotation
• If not previously done so, watch ORCHID Training videos and complete online assessment: http://www.uclaoliveview.org/orchidtraining
• Expect an email from the Chief Residents, which will include hand-off assignments and the AMION password.
• One day prior to your rotation, contact the outgoing housestaff for sign-out. You can find contact information in the email or AMION.

• If you are a rotator, be sure to pick up your pager from the call suites. If you haven’t been at OV before, you can get your badge and parking pass from either the Chief Residents or in the Department of Medicine
• If you’re an intern, be sure to receive hand-off from the overnight cross-cover by meeting the Night Float Intern in the call suite (5B-106 from 6:30-7:00am latest)
• If you’re a resident and admitting (on call), check for new admissions to your team by meeting the Hospitalist Attending and Night Admitting Residents between 7:30-8:00am, currently in the 5B Call Suite (5B105).
• Make sure your pager is unforwarded!

• On the day you leave: Please make sure to return the pager in the appropriate place, as instructed by the chiefs
• MedHub: Please complete your evaluations on your OV MedHub account.  Please contact Gus Chavez (gchavez@dhs.lacounty.gov) for any questions about MedHub.

• For change in level of care from ED, place new Request for Admit and Admit to Inpatient orders with the new level of care.  Do not place the Transfer Patient order as this will signal that the patient should be transferred to outside facility.
• For admissions/transfer to Telemetry, you must follow appropriate use of telemetry by reviewing the accepted indications and place the Telemetry Monitoring/Level of Care order to specify the indication and duration for cardiac monitoring.  See the OVMC Telemetry Guidelines.
• For transfers in/out of the Step-Down Unit and ICU, you must enter the Transfer Inpatient Service/Level of Care and perform the Transfer Medication Reconciliation. For the reconciliation, go to the Orders page, click the Reconciliation drop-down menu, and select Transfer.
• For routine lab orders, routine collection times start at 0400 (AM Draw), 0800, 1300, 1700, 2100, and 0000.  Use AM Draw for routine 4am morning labs. Do not use Timed Routine (phlebotomy cannot see these orders)
• Certain antibiotics are restricted and require ID approval, however you can still get the first dose without approval
  • Antibiotic guide on the OV Intranet (list of restricted antibiotics, empiric antibiotic card)
• For personal items, there are lockers available in the Resident Lounge (2C160). Please bring your own lock to secure items.
• Stroke Protocol: Visit the OVMC Intranet > Departments > Neurology > Stroke

• Complete CareConnect training if this is your first time working in the UCLA Health System.
• Make sure you receive MedNet and CareConnect access. Please contact CareConnect at 310-267-2273 if you haven’t logged-in in over 30 days to remove any block on your account prior to your start date and try logging in to ensure access.
• Information for Duo is found here: mednet.uclahealth.org/multi-factor-authentication.

Adding your virtual pager to CareConnect:

• Contact CareConnect IT: 310-267-CARE (2273)
• Ask to add you virtual pager to the Care Team List, so that you can be contacted regarding patient care issues.

• Please arrive at the following location to receive signout from the night float resident:  Wards: 7E Rounding Room (7143) by 7am
• The UCLA online paging system is located at https://mednet.uclahealth.org/. Click on the “paging” link under the Quick Links on the top left.

• Olive View Housestaff: Submit duty hours and procedures performed on this rotation in the Olive View MedHub portal.
• If you have any questions, please stop by the UCLA Chiefs office  (RRUMC, Suite 7236)

• Make sure you have received proper credentials including a VA identification badge and electronic access.

• Olive View Housestaff: Submit duty hours and procedures performed on this rotation in the Olive View MedHub portal.
• If you have any questions, please stop by the UCLA Chiefs office:  3 East Room 3252

• Review the Night Hospitalist Orientation Packet.
• Review your schedule on AMION, including night shift assignments.

• When you arrive, check in with the Hospitalist Attending by paging Medicine On-Call. Receive sign-out on any hold-over admissions and patients under the Hospitalist service.
• If this is your first night admitting shift, inform the Hospitalist Attending so he/she can provide orientation to workflow with FirstNet.
• Add yourself to the OVMC Medicine Night care team. All hold-over patients should be added to this list, regardless of level of care.
• Make sure your pager is unforwarded!

• Review your schedule on AMION.
• Find the Night Float Survival Guide here on the website (you must be logged-in).

• Get ready to receive hand-off from the primary teams in your respective call rooms at 4:00pm.
• Make sure your pager is unforwarded!
• Learn how to manage common situations on the wards with the Night Float Curriculum Modules, a companion to the Night Float Survival Guide.

• Add yourself to this Care Team in ORCHID:
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