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Admission, Discharge

Terms to know on Ch 11 of Fundamentals

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Admission entering a health care agency for nursing care and medical or surgical treatment.
Basic care facility agency that provides extended custodial care.
Clinical resume summary of previous care.
Continuity of care uninterrupted client care despite the change in caregivers.
Discharge the termination of care from a health care agency.
Discharge planning a process that improves client outcomes by (1) predetermining his or her post discharge needs in a timely manner and (2) coordinating the use of appropriate community resources to provide a continuum of care.
Extended care facility health care agency that provides long-term care.
Home health care in-home health care provided by an employee of a home health agency.
Intermediate care facility agency that provides health-related care and services to people who, because of their mental or physical condition, require institutional care but not 24 hour nursing care
Medication reconciliation obtaining and verifying the medication a client is currently taking.
Orientation helping a person become familiar with a new environment.
Progressive care units units for clients who were once in critical condition but have recovered sufficiently to require less-intensive nursing care.
Referral process of sending someone to another person or agency for special services.
Skilled nursing facility nursing home that provides 24 hour nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse.
Step-down units units for clients who were once in critical condition but have recovered sufficiently to require less-intensive nursing care.
Transfer (1) discharging a client from one unit or agency and immediately admitting him or her to another; (2) moving a client from place to place.
Transfer summary a written review of the client's current status.
Transitional care units area for clients initially in a critical or unstable condition, but sufficiently recovered to require less-intensive nursing care.
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