Discharge Planning - correct answer ✔To reduce hospital length of of stay
and unplanned readmission to hospital, and to improve the coordination of
services following discharge from the hospital
Cohorting - correct answer ✔Practice of grouping patients infected or
colonized with the same infectious agent together to confine their care to one
area and prevent contact with susceptible patients.
Droplet - correct answer ✔A small drop, such as a particle of moisture
discharged from the mouth during coughing, sneezing, or speaking.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization - correct
answer ✔A private, voluntary, not for profit group that provides accreditation
to U.S. Hospitals and other health care facilities.
Ambulate - correct answer ✔to move from place to place
Shift Report - correct answer ✔Exchanging essential patient care information
with other nursing staff at change of shift.
Non active duty inpatient records - correct answer ✔are retired two years
after the last inpatient discharge.
Health Records, Outpatient Records, Inpatient Records - correct answer
✔Three major categories of primary medical records.
, Clinical Summary - correct answer ✔Is required for all inpatient
hospitalizations lasting more than 48hrs.
NAVMED 6550/8 (Medication Administration Record) - correct answer
✔Form used to document medications administered during a seven day
period.
SF 508 (Doctor's Orders) - correct answer ✔The orders written by the
physician on this form are transcribed into the patient profile.
SF 509 (Progress Notes) - correct answer ✔Chronologically the clinical
course of the inpatient in the progress notes. These notes should reflect any
change in condition and the results of treatment.
SF 510 (Nursing Notes) - correct answer ✔Are used to document inpatient
care. Components of this form are : Date of Entry, Time of Entry,
Observations, Patient Identification.
1. Write the time of the entry and circle it.
2. Write "Late Entry" and your initials above the time - correct answer ✔How
do you add an entry that was late or forgotten in nursing note?
DD 792 (Twenty-Four Hour Intake and Output Worksheet) - correct answer
✔Used to document an accurate account of the patient's fluid intake and
output over 24hr period.
1. Source
2. Susceptible host with a portal entry
3. Mode of transmission - correct answer ✔What are the 3 elements for
transmission of infectious agents?