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Admission & Discharg
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Question | Answer |
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What are some of the things done at admitting department? | 1) Collect personal info & insurance data for billing 2) Place ID bracelet 3) Patient's Bill of Rights |
In what types of situation does admission personnel go into patient's room to gather data? | If ED admission or facility transfer |
Bill of Rights | 1) The right to obtain info about illness or injury 2) Right to refuse medication or treatment 3) Right to receive considerate & respectful care 4) Right to privacy 5) Right to expect reasonable continuity of care |
Hospital floor duties | 1) Prepare patient's room 2) Admission packet (water pitcher, basin, soap, lotion, tissue box) 3) Equipment (monitor, gown, bp cuff, suction, oxygen) 4) Welcome & orient pt 5) Safeguard valuables 6) Assist pt into gown 7) Nursing Admissions Databas |
Safeguarding Valuables | >Items sent home (ie jewelry) >Label patient's items (walker, dentures) >medical or electrical devices brought from home |
Assist patient into gown | 1) Place ID band 2) Place allergy band |
Nursing Admissions Database/Intake forms | >Vital signs, height, weight >Allergies >Reason for admission >ADLs and IADLs >Use of adaptive devices >Nutrition, Elimination, Pain, Spiritual, Psychological, Abuse, Advanced Directives >Patient belonging |
What goes with pt during transfer within hospital? | >Patient's chart, belongings, nurse report |
Nurse report | Name, age, physician(s), admitting diagnosis, current condition, allergies, medications, special equipment |
discharge planning | a plan to ensure that patient's needs are consistently met |
Discharge Process | 1) Authorization 2) Discharge instructions (signed) 3) Discharging patient 4) Nurse Documentation 5) Business aspects |
Nursing Documentation | includes status (ie dressing change) & motive departure (via wheelchair, ambulated on own?) |
AMA | Alert patient to risks of leaving AMA, notify primary care provider, complete form if possible (signature & witness) |