Vocabulary
Admission
Transfer
Discharge
Other
100
Expiration
Death
100
Types of Admissions
Scheduled, Direct, Urgent and Emergency
100
What are the three types of Transfers?
Transfer in Transfer out Intra ward transfer
100
Types of Discharges?
Discharge Home Discharge to another facility Discharge home with assistance Discharge against medical advice Discharge with day pass Discharge due to expiration
100
How long does Housekeeping take to clean an isolation room?
1 hour
200
Patient Care Conference
A meeting that includes the doctor or doctors caring for the patient, primary nurses, case manager or social worker and other care givers, may include family.
200
What forms are different in Emergency vs a regular floor?
Emergency does not use a Kardex and uses an ER form vs a patient chart.
200
What are three NUA responsibilities for a Transfer in patient?
Notify receiving nurse of patients arrival Make new chart label with correct unit bed number on spine of chart Transfer the patient in the computer to your unit
200
NUA responsibilities to another health care facility?
To arrange transportation for patient Note PTO's transfer date and time on the kardex Record on ADT sheet Prepare patient transfer package envelope and acute care patient transfer form be sure photocopies and transfer forms accompany the patient complete steps of routine discharge enter transfer into computer
200
How would the NUA get ahold of Housekeeping?
Vocera, Telephone or face to face
300
ADT Log Sheet
A book used for long term record of admissions, common discharges and transfer for future reference.
300
What documents will the admitting department prepare?
Admission Separation sheet Addressograph card Wristband 4-5 labels ADR
300
What are three NUA responsibilities for a Transfer out Patient?
Must have a written doctors order Must notify the charge nurse Record to the ADT book
300
What form must be signed each time the patient leaves the hospital on a day pass?
Authorization for leave of absence form
300
What are the different types of isolation?
Enteric Respiratory Reverse Strict
400
Census Board
A white board located in the nurses station area
400
Responsibilities of the Admitting Department
Admission Separation records Addressograph card Patient identification wristband Patient labels ADR
400
What are three NUA responsibilities of an intra ward transfer?
Enter transfer into the computer Notify the housekeeper Notify FNS of patients move and new location
400
Which forms must be addressographed after a patients expiration?
Two or three mortuary tags (toe tags) Notice of death Authority for autopsy medical certification of death
400
What types of diseases require enteric and respiratory isolation?
Salmonella (enteric) TB (respiratory)
500
Face Sheet
A form initiated by the admitting department and included in the inpatient medical record that contains person information.
500
What are the admitting department main purposes?
Up to date census of all empty beds and full beds Print admission separation record Print ID bracelet, addressograph card, labels and ADR Assign new hospital number to patient Register every patient at hospital (inpatient and out) admit transfer and discharge all inpatients admit all new born babies to hospital and assign PHN Record or update all Personal information of patients
500
What is the Unit Transfer checklist?
Chart Old chart Addressograph Kardex Medications in MAR Telemetry patient notify ICU of transfer Patients personal medications Check for reports that have not been filed Clothes and belongings of the patients Valuables FIPPA form on chart
500
Witness the patients signature that they are leaving must be RN or LPN
What can the NUA not do when a patient leaves against medical advice?
500
What types of diseases would require reverse or strict isolation?
Burns and Leukemia (reverse) Pneumonia and Hepatitis (strict)
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