Overstay Predictor Project Collection Instructions: Difference between revisions
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== ensuring completeness within 24 hrs == | == ensuring completeness within 24 hrs == | ||
The bedside nurses have 24 hours from the time of [[Admit,_Transfer_and_Discharge_date_and_time#Definition_for_Medicine | admission to the unit]] to fill out the bedside nurse DPST Form. This time frame allows for the nurse to clarify unanswered questions with the patient or caregivers during the day. | The bedside nurses have 24 hours from the time of [[Admit,_Transfer_and_Discharge_date_and_time#Definition_for_Medicine | admission to the unit]] to fill out the bedside nurse DPST Form. This time frame allows for the nurse to clarify unanswered questions with the patient or caregivers during the day. Question 2: If the DPST form is filled out by the nurse but it took more than 2 days say 5 days for the nurse to do it do you still want this data entered or do you say (form data missing) | ||
The nurse can update the DPST form within the first 24 hours after admission if, for example they receive information from the patients family that contradicts the patients answers. It is possible that depending on when you review that document these changes are not captured. This a known risk that we are accepting. | The nurse can update the DPST form within the first 24 hours after admission if, for example they receive information from the patients family that contradicts the patients answers. It is possible that depending on when you review that document these changes are not captured. This a known risk that we are accepting. | ||