Admission order/IV Fluids Flashcards
What is the purpose of admission orders?
outline initial tx plan for pts entering medical facility for specialized care (means of communication)
If a pt plans to stay more than 2 midnights, you say they are? if not overnight stay?
a. inpatient
b. outpatient
What does observation admissions mean?
expected to stay only one midnight to observe progress
*can transition to inpatient
What is the difference between hospice care and home health?
a. hospice - palliative care with hospice at end of life
b. HH - needs skilled care at home
What does ADC VANDALISM stand for?
Admit
Diagnosis
Condition
Vitals
Activity
Nursing
Diet
Allergies
Lab and Diagnostics
IV fluids
Specialists/Consultations
Medication Monitoring
What should the admit specify?
- service
- attending doc
- unit
- cardiac monitoring - y/n
What pts are admitted to ICU?
- Patients requiring, or likely to require, advanced respiratory support
- Patients requiring support of two or more organ systems
- Patients with chronic impairment of one or more organ systems who also require support for an acute reversible failure of another organ.
What should you not list under diangosis?
- signs/symptoms
*list primary dx (even if only working dx)
When rounding on your first pt, you note that VS are good and they do not appear to have any life threatening duress. You note this pt to be:
stable
When rounding on your second pt, you note that BP is a little eveated, and pain scale is 6/10. They do not appear to have any life threatening duress. You note this pt to be:
fair
*implies the patient is experiencing a condition whereby they are not doing well and will need monitoring. It may be due to pain issues or other mild circumstances with minimal impairment of patient safety. Some would use “Ill-appearing” as an equivalent.
You note your third patient as “guarded”. What did you mean?
- a need to be monitored closely
- VS possibly labile
- mentation could be altered
- could be in“Toxic” category (ex. sepsis)
Where do you send critical pts?
ICU
*are potentially unstable or hx of being unstable
Your final pt of the day is a 65 y/o with stage four colon cancer. She is having significant dyspnea, and extreme bradycardia. They have decided to stop curative treatment, and have been placed in palliative care. You qualify this pt as?
expectant - likely to die within 72 hrs
(goal is sx control)
How often do you check VS?
4-8 hours typically
Define the following:
- Up ad lib
- Bedrest with assistance
- Bathroom privileges
- Bedrest
- Up ad lib- as the patient wants to get up, usually without help
- Bedrest with assistance- the patient stays in bed and only gets up with help
- Bathroom privileges- the patient can get up to the bathroom unassisted. “with help” can be added.
- Bedrest- should not get up at all