Admissions
What are admissions?
What is the official entry of a person into a healthcare setting
What's a transfer?
A transfer occurs when a patient is moved within or between healthcare settings
What is a discharge?
A discharge is the official release of a patient or a resident from a health care facility to his or her home.
Admissions usually begin
What is the doctors office or hospital
The reasoning for patients transferring
What is, when a person’s medical condition improves or worsens or when patients preferred room is available
Going against doctors orders and insisting a discharge
What is AMA(against medical advice)
During admission a nursing assistant
What is (any of these will be accepted):
Always help the patient or resident feel welcomed.
Be sure to prepare the room in advance of his or her arrival.
Greet person and family warmly and introduce yourself.
Help patient or resident settle into their new room or home.
Practice good communication skills
Responsibility of a nursing assistant during transfers
These duties vary according to the type of facility.
but may include packing for a patient assisting the nurse or reporting information
When discharge planning starts
What is as soon as the patient is admitted
During admissions what should a nursing assistant avoid
What if (any of these will be accepted):
Never make a bad first impression.
Do not trigger patients anxiety
Don’t discriminate against patient
Avoid heated topics (religion, sports, politics, etc)
Different ways a transfer can be performed
What is a wheelchair, a stretcher, a bed, or the ambulance
The purpose of discharge planning
What is to identify the needs of the patient or resident after discharge, making arrangements for meeting these needs after the person is home.
Identification used in nursing homes
What is, a picture of the patient
Can cause anxiety during a transfer
What is the patient's condition worsening, being moved to a long-term healthcare facility, an uncaring nurse/CNA
Results of Discharge planning
What is to help the patient or resident achieve the best health status possible after he leaves he health care facility.