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chapter 17
Question | Answer |
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characteristics of effective documentation | complete, accurate, concise, factual, organized, confidential |
what is confidential for pt? | name, address, reason of illness, treatments received, formation about past illness |
breaches in pt confidentiality | sending emails via pulic networks, discarding copies of pt information in trash cans, holding conversations that can be overheard, faxing confidential info to unauthorized persons |
patients' rights | see and copy their chart, update their health record, get a list of disclosurese, request a restriction on certain uses or disclosures, choose how to recieve health info |
policy for receiving verbal orders | record in medical record, read back the order to verify accuaracy, date and and note time orders were issued |
duties of RN receiving telephone orders | read orders back to practioner to verify, date and note time orders were issued |
purposes of pt record | communicate with other providers, care planning, research, education, legal documentation, reimbursement |
purposes of recording data | facilitate pt care, serve as a financial and legal record, help in clinical research |
methods of documentation | PIE charting, focus charting, electonic medical records |
formats/types of nursing documentation | inital nursing assessment, kardex, plan of nursing care, progress notes, flow sheets, discharge summary, home healthcare doucmentation, long term documentation |
change of shift report consists of___________ | id information about pt, current helath status, current orders, summary of pt, report on d/c status |
reporting on pt can be done_________________________. | face to face, telephone conversations, written messages, audio-taped, computer |
ways to confer about pt care | consultations, referrals, team care conferences, nursing care rounds |
benefits of nursing informatics | increase accuracy of documentation, improvment in workflow |
computerized nursing care plans | must first be individualized to each pt. |
patient confidentiality limits | conversations about pt care/info only to those caring for pt |