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ADMISSION

Definition

Admission is defined as allowing a patient to stay in hospital for observation, investigation,

treatment and care.

OR

. Admission is the entry of a patient into a hospital /ward for therapeutic /diagnostic

Purposes of admission

To undergo evaluation & treatment

 To know what is really happening in his/her body right oft it to be fixed

 To provide emotional security to the newly admitted patient and his family

Types of admission

1. Emergency admission 2. Routine admission

. Emergency admission

In this, patients are admitted in acute conditions requiring immediate treatment. Examples.

Patient with RTA, Poisoning, burns and cardiac or respiratory emergency.

Routine admission

In this, patients are admitted for investigation, diagnostic and medical or surgical treatment.

Treatment is given according to patients problem. E.g. Patient with hypertension, diabetes

mellitus etc.

Unit and it’s preparation

It is a place where the patient is kept during hospital stay. The admitting department notifies

the unit prior to the patients arrival so that room /bed can be prepared.

Ensure patient privacy

 Check ventilation

 Ensure all the equipment are completed

 Prepare the treatment table

 Ensure patient privacy

Check ventilation

Ensure all the equipment are completed

Prepare the treatment table

Special consideration

Show may efficiency and concerns.



DISCHARGE

The patient, the family, medical staff, nursing staff, social worker, dietician all work together

to coordinate the discharge. The doctor plans the discharge with the patient and leaves a

written order on the patient’s chart.

Definition “Discharge of patient from the hospital means, reliving a person from hospital

setting, who admitted as an inpatient in that hospital”.

Types of Discharge

1. PLANNED DISCHARGE:- Patient completes the initial, actual management in the hospital

and now he or she need not to be under direct supervision of that hospital.’

2. DAMA/LAMA: Discharge/Leave against Medical Advice

3. TRANSFER: Transfer to other unit or hospital

4. ABSCOND: Abscond from Hospital

5. REFFERAL: Referred for further management

Discharge planning

1. Nurses play an important role in discharge planning in the hospital.

2. Continuity of care is important

3. To achieve continuity of care, nurses use critical thinking skills and apply the nursing

process.

4. Discharge planning is a centralized, coordinated, interdisciplinary process
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