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Ch. 3: Documentation Flashcards

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Chart (healthcare record)

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A legal record that is used to meet the many demands of the health, accreditation, medical insurance, and legal systems

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The process of adding information to the chart

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Charting, recording, or documenting

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Documenting involves

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Recording the interventions carried out to meet the patients needs

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In the charting of interventions

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Documenting the type of intervention, time care was rendered, and the signature and title of the person providing care is essential

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Anything written or printed

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Is a record or proof of activities will play a role in this process

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Documentation

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Is an integral part of the implementation phase of the nursing process and is necessary for the evaluation of patient care and for reimbursement for the cost of care provided

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A majority of facilities use

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Electronic health record (HER) asp sometimes referred to as electronic medical record (EMR)

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Purposes of patient records

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Documented communication, permanent record for accountability, legal record of care, teaching, and research and data collection

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Medical record facilitates

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Accurate communication and continuity of care among all members of the health care team

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Proper charting covers

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Physical, emotional, psychological, social and spiritual needs

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Used by various government and other agencies to evaluate the institution’s

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Patient care, to justify cost reimbursement for care provided, and to establish or review accreditation

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Auditors

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People appointed to examine patient charts and health records to assess quality care

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Peer review

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An appraisal by professional coworkers of equal status

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Peer review appraises the manner in which an individual nurse

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Conducts practice, education, or research

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Institutions also have specific procedures to provide for

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Quality assurance, assessment, and improvement, which is an audit in health care that evaluates services provided and the results achieved compared with accepted standards

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Cost reimbursements rates by the government plans are based on the prospective payment system of

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Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs; a system that classified patients by age, diagnosis, surgical procedure, and other information with hundreds of different categories to predict the use of hospital resources

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Institutions are reimbursed by insurance companies or government programs only for

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Documented patient care

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Nursing notes

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The form on the patient’s chart on which nurses record their observations, the care given, and the patient’s responses, when deciding whether the necessary and ordered care is being given or was given

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The patient chart or health record

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Is a legal document; can be used in court proceedings

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Patient health records are also used for

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Teaching

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Patient records that involve research and data collection

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Have many uses in the health field

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The pressure to contain or limit health care costs has made

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Data regarding the usual length of hospitalization and the cost of treatment for specific illnesses or surgeries important for governmental and other health insurance providers

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Electronic Health Record

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Facilitates the delivery of patient care and supports the data analysis necessary for coordinating patient care

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EHRs contain information that is

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Identical to that found in traditional records but eliminate repetitive entries and allow more freedom of access to the database

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EHRs increase

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Efficiency, consistency, and accuracy and decrease costs

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Benefits of EHR

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The ability for all health care providers to view a patient’s records, encouraging increased continuity of care

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EHR vs EMR

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Exchange of patient data from one facility to another, vs set up to exchange patient data within a facility

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Point-of-care (POC)

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Bedside systems

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POC systems are sometimes housed on wheeled carts referred to as

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Computers on wheels or COWs

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Some systems automatically retrieve and record information from

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electronic devices and simultaneously enter the data in all relevant locations in the record, which cuts down on duplication of effort

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The standard phrases indicate information such as

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patient health problems, interventions, and outcomes classification system

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Assessment Data are entered by selecting from

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a list of preformulated choices, which means that the accuracy and pertinence of the data entered depend on the nurse’s familiarity with the language the system uses to name the patient problems

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Naming conventions, or

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nomenclature (a classified system of technical or scientific names and terminology), must be considered when choosing computer-based documentation

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Informatics

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the study of information processing

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The personal health record (PHR)

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is an extension of the EHR that allows patients to input their information into an electronic database

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The PHR allows for a more

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comprehensive profile of the patient, and points of convention are how the information is going to be stored, who is going to store the information, and what economic costs are involved

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PHR applications may be managed by

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private vendors, hospital, primary care health care providers, and insurance companies
-these vendors may choose whether to charge a fee for storage of this information

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SBAR

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situation, background, assessment, and recommendation, is a method of communication among health care workers and a part of documentation

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SBAR is considered a safety measure in preventing

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errors from poor communication during interactions between health care personnel

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SBAR is recognized by

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The Joint Commission, as one method of meeting National Patient Safety Goals

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The additional “R” in SBAR that may be used, represents

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“read back”

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SBARR examples

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“Hello, Dr. Reads. This is Nurse Schwenk. I am calling you about Mr. Walter’s presdischarge laboratory results.”

“All his laboratory results are within normal range, except for his serum potassium level. It is 3.1”

“When I was speaking with him about his home medications, he said he has not been taking his potassium supplement for about 2 weeks. He says he forgot to refill the potassium but has continued taking his Lasix”

“Could we give him a new prescription for potassium and include this information on his discharge instructions?”

“Let me read that order back to you to make sure I understood you correctly. ‘Prescription for K-tab, 10 mEq, p.o. B.I.D. and include on discharge instructions

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The quality and accuracy of the nursing notes have a decisive impact on the

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success or failure

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The registered nurse (RN)

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has primary responsibility for each patient’s initial admission nursing history, physical assessment, and development of the care plan based on the patient problem identified

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Charting Rules

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meets the standards expected by the individuals and the agencies that use the charts

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Legalities of Documentation

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document must indicate clearly that individualized, goal-directed nursing care was provided to a patient, the record has to describe exactly what happened to a patient, chart must be updated immediately after providing care

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It is the nurse’s responsibility to indicate all

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assessments, interventions, patients responses, instructions, and referrals in the medical record

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Inappropriate documentation may lead to

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nursing malpractice

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Examples of inappropriate documentation

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not charting the correct time that events occurred or that an event occurred at all, failing to record verbal orders, charting nursing care in advance, and guidelines for documentation to be kept in mind

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Common Medical Abbreviations and Terminology

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Avoid using abbreviations or terms that are not standard or in question. Use of the complete word is always better if unsure of the proper abbreviation

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Methods of Recording

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the documentation system selected by a health care facility optimally reflects the philosophy of the facility and the way nursing care is implemented

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The traditional (block) chart

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is divided into sections or blocks, emphasis is placed on specific sections of information. Typical sections are admission, information, physician’s orders, progress notes, history and physical examination data, nurse’s admission information, care plan and nursing notes, graphics, and laboratory and x-ray examination reports

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Narrative charting

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recording of patient care in descriptive form, to chart observations, care, and responses

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What is narrative charting used for?

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Computerized and noncomputerized nurse’s notes.
Includes the data about the basic patient need or problem, whether anyone has been contacted or consulted, care and treatments provided, and the patient’s response to treatment

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Narrative charting is documented in

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an abbreviated story form

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The problem-oriented medical record (POMR)

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is organized according to the scientific problem-solving system or method

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The principal sections of a POMR

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database, problem list, care plan, and progress notes

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Database

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from the history, physical examination, and the diagnostic tests are used to identify and prioritize the health problems on the master medical and other problem lists

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Problem list

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active, inactive, potential, and resolved problems serves as the index for chart documentation

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Representatives of all the disciplines involved with the patient’s care

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develop a care plan with identified patient problems

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All health care providers chart on the same progress notes with forms such as

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narrative notes, flow sheets, and discharge summaries to document patient progress

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SOAPIER

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Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan, Intervention, Evaluation, Revision; an acronym for seven different aspects of charting

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SOAPE

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the briefer adaptation of the charting format for the POMR

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The care given or action taken in SOAPE

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is included in the notations under planning

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The needed plan revisions for SOAPE

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are noted in the evaluation section after the response to treatment is recorded

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Focus Charting Format

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was developed by nurses, a list of patient problems statements is used as an index for nursing documentation; similar to problem list used for the POMR

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What type of charting uses the nursing process?

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Focus charting

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The focus of focus charting format is

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a current patient concern or behavior and sometimes a significant change in patient status or behavior or a significant event in the patient’s therapy

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DARE

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the acronym for four different aspects of charting using the focus format; Data are subjective and objective, Action is a combination of planning and implementation, Response of the patient is the same as evaluation of effectiveness, education or patient teaching.

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With notes of a particular focus, not all aspects

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of DARE are used

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Some facilities require the narrative notes for each shift to include a minimum of

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three entries and a flow sheet on which the nurse charts care given

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Charting by Exception (CBE)

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the nurse charts complete physical assessment, observations, vital signs, intravenous (IV) site and rate, and other pertinent data at the beginning of each shift

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In CBE, the only notes the nurse makes are

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for additional treatments done or planned treatments withheld, changes in patient condition, and new concerns

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With the CBE method of documentation, the nurse uses

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more detailed flow sheets, which enhances the focus on existing concerns e.g., PIE format

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The PIE format is a

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problem-solving approach; similar to the SOAPE format

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SOAPE originated from

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the medical model

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PIE originated from

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the nursing process

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SOAPE is oriented to the

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problems, interventions, and evaluations involved in nursing care, was designed to provide an ongoing plan of nursing care with daily documentation

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The care and assessment flow sheets consist of

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standardized assessment criteria and interventions

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Sometimes the nurse uses a variation of the PIE format that includes

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APIE, the assessment data include subjective and objective data (S and O)

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It is unnecessary to chart a narrative note

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each time a medication has been given

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Kardex (or Rand) system

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is used by some facilities to consolidate patient orders and care needs in a centralized, concise way; kept at the nursing station for quick reference or is part of the EHR/EMR

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Forms vary among institutions based on

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information required for care

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The nursing care plan

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outlines the proposed nursing care based on the nursing assessment and the identified patient problems to provide the continuity of care, is developed to meet the nursing care needs of a patient

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Standardized planning care includes

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the pertinent patient problems, goals, and plans for care and specific actions for care implementation and evaluation

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Incident report examples

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if a nurse neglects to give a medication or treatment or gives an incorrect dose of a drug, or any unusual event that happens in a hospital setting

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When filling out an incident report, give only

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objective, observed information

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The nursing records may be consolidated into a system that accommodates a

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24-hour period, helps to eliminate unnecessary record-keeping forms

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24-hour patient care records often use

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flow sheets and checklists, to enhance further efficacy

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Acuity charting

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uses a score that rates each patient by severity of illness

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Discharge planning begins at

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admission

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Example of a proper incident report

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1700 Felt sharp pain in lower back, 8/10, after assisting patient from bed to chair. Gait belt used to assist in patient transfer. Notified employee health department.

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A discharge summary should always be a

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written document, concise and instructive

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What is managed care?

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A systematic approach to care that provides a framework for the coordination of medical and nursing interventions

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Clinical (critical) pathways

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allow staff from all disciplines to develop standardized, integrated care plans for a projected length of stay for patients of a specific case type

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Contents of a clinical pathway

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care plan, interventions specific for each day of hospitalization, and a documentation tool

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What replaces the nursing care plan?

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A clinical pathway

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What is the method frequently used for clinical pathways?

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CBE

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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1987

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instituted significant Medicare and Medicaid requirements for long-term care provision and documentation

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Requirements of OBRA are

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MDS and regulated standards for resident assessments, individualized care plans, and qualifications for health care providers

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Long-term documentation supports a

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multidisciplinary approach in the assessment and the planning process

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), part of the department of Health and Human Services

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is working continually on making access to medical records easier and less time consuming for patients, currently focusing on PHR

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The Patient Care Partnership

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guarantee that medical information is kept private, unless the information is needed in providing care or the patient gives permission for others to see it

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HIPAAA

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affords certain protections to persons covered by health care plans, including continuity of cover when changing jobs, standards for electronic health care transactions, and primary safeguards for the privacy of individually identifiable patient information

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