Greatness and Sweetness.

Philomena Okeke

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  1. 08/05/2021

    DISCHARGE PLANNING/ INSTRUCTIONS.

    Patient discharge starts upon admission. The patient will be informed early during their care process about their discharge to go home, or Skilled Nursing Facility or transfer to another hospital, or discharge to hospice. Patient discharge planning will include how patient can manage symptoms at home,pain medications, nausea/Vomiting medication, blood pressure medications. The emotional needs and support addressed. Transportation needs, family pick up or ambulance service pick up.Patient discharge to go home is done by the doctor atleast a day before the date of discharge and the nurse will initiate it a day early to make sure that patient discharge needs are met.Written instructions will be given to patient and family.No medical abbreviations on the discharge teaching.Medications reconciliation done. Do not tamper with medical records. Don't criticize other healthcare professionals in your charting.Enter all information in a complete relevant, accurate and factual manner. Avoid bias from written description of others. In discharging a patient with stroke for example educate patient on a healthier lifestyle. For example stop smoking( Recommend gums)reduce alcohol intake ( Give your patient phone number for AAA anonymous),reduce stress, take your medications as ordered, get 30minutes regular exercise every day. Take your medications as prescribed by the doctor. Check your blood pressure regularly document findings and take it to next doctor appointment. If patient is transferred to another hospital or Skilled Nursing Facility arrangement will be made for ambulance service to pick patient to the new facility or hospital at a specific time.Patient must must be cleaned and ready to go to the new facility with all patient belongings. Information about patient fax to the new facility. When ambulance arrive nurse will give report to the EMT team that came to pick up the patient. Case manager is the healthcare professional that made arrangements for the transfer according to the doctor orders.

  2. 08/01/2021

    PATIENTS ADMISSION.

    People enter the hospital settings to become a patient for various reasons. The first place of contact is Emergency department or nursing unit where they will be screened. Patients will be triage.All parients(clients)require care but the will not have the same kind of care.Here are some examples: A lady came in with high blood pressure. Her blood pressure was stabilized and she got her blood pressure medication and discharged home. A 35years old man is brought in by ambulance due to motorcycle accident, he has brain injury. He was rushed to surgery. Craniotomy done ,he is transferred to ICU.In ICU after few days he started to recover from the acute phase of the accident. He was then transferred to trauma floor. He worked slowly with physical therapist and occupational therapist. He will be transferred to special rehabilitation center to fully recover. When patients come to the emergency room the staff will gather information from patients such as Your full name ,address, date of birth, name of the admitting doctor, gender,marital status, occupation, insurance, employer, religion preferred, date and time of admission, identification number, admitting diagnosis. Print out the information which will become patient permanent records. After the paperwork and stabilization of patient .The patient will be taken to the assigned floor.The nurse should establish nurse patient relationship. The nurse must act not only as a professional but as a person that cares about patient and their family. The admission period is the orientation phase.

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