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Con Ch. 10
Chapter 10: Admission, Transfer and Discharge
Question | Answer |
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Admission | entry of patient inot health care facility |
Disorientation | mental confusion characterized by incorrect perception of place, time and identity |
Separation Anxiety | fears and apprehension caused by separtion from familar surroundings and significant people |
Empathy | ability to recognize and share emotions and state of mind of another to understand the meaningand significance of that persons behavior |
Transfer | moving of a patient from one unit to another |
Continuity of Care | continuing of established patient care form one unit to another |
Discharge planning | systematic process of planning for a patient care after discharge form hospital |
Discharge | routine; effective discharge requires careful planning and continuing assesment of patients needs |
Home Health Agency | organization that provides health car in the home |
AMA | when patient leaves w/out physicians orders |
Intragency Transfer | transfer of patient form one area to another of facility |
Interagency transfer | transfer of patient to anothe care facilty outside of present location |
Subject Data | what the patients thinks |
Objective Data | what we know thru testing ,etc |
Nursing Process for admissions/transfers/discharge | Assessment;Nursing Diagnosis;Expected Outcome/Planning;Implementation;Evaluation |
Assessment | subjective and objective data is collected |
Nursing Dignosis | clustering of defining characteristics from Assessment |
Expected Outcome/Planning | involves the development of ind. goals for patient based on the nursing diagnosis |
JCAHO (joint commision of accreditation of Healthcare Org. requires these instructions before discahrge | safe and effective use of medications and equipment;instructions on diet and nutrition;rehab tech.;access to community resources;patient/family responsibilites in ongoing health care needs, knowledge and skills to carry out;maintenance of good hygiene and |