NURS 153 Chapter Notes -Medical Record, Visiting Hours, Cardiovascular Disease
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Admission is the entry of a patient into a hospital or ward for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. Admission means allowing and facilitating a patient to stay in the hospital unit or ward for observation, investigation and treatment of the disease he or she is suffering from. Depending on the needs, these admissions bring different levels of medical care. To obtain information about the client so as to establish therapeutic nurse patient relationship: to involve patient and family in care, to assist proper discharge planning of care. Responsibilities of the admission department: gather patient information (name, age, sex, address, mobile no etc. , prepare medical record, prepare patient identification bracelet, consent form signed, initial orders obtained, inform to floor ward nurse. Prepare room: prepare a clean and neat admission room with all the necessary items as per the need of the patient, prepare an appropriate type of bed with adequate adjusted height of the bed.
