ADL General Collection Information: Difference between revisions

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{{Discussion}}
{{Discussion}}
== Discussion ==
== Discussion ==
=== where to get the data===
* Needs to include where this data is to be gathered from, and where '''not''', i.e. physio discharge notes are inappropriate etc. Yes, the instruction that data should be during the first 24hrs may already say that, but maybe not for patients discharged after less than a day. [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 15:02, 21 August 2008 (CDT)
* Needs to include where this data is to be gathered from, and where '''not''', i.e. physio discharge notes are inappropriate etc. Yes, the instruction that data should be during the first 24hrs may already say that, but maybe not for patients discharged after less than a day. [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 15:02, 21 August 2008 (CDT)


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* StB: ER assessment for falls assessment / risk sheet / prevention program; sometimes filled by ward nurses, then you have physio and OT and home care, latter usually for elderly patients only. - as above, are those who fill out other ADLs using the same criteria as us?
* StB: ER assessment for falls assessment / risk sheet / prevention program; sometimes filled by ward nurses, then you have physio and OT and home care, latter usually for elderly patients only. - as above, are those who fill out other ADLs using the same criteria as us?


=== which of several values to use ===
We have addressed that status during first 24 hrs is what should be collected. Should it really be '''worst''' status during the first 24 hrs?
We have addressed that status during first 24 hrs is what should be collected. Should it really be '''worst''' status during the first 24 hrs?
** Worst in some locations
** Worst in some locations
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* NPO due to pt aphasic = major (I suspect disphagic was intended here, or do we also have patients NPO because they can't talk? )
* NPO due to pt aphasic = major (I suspect disphagic was intended here, or do we also have patients NPO because they can't talk? )
***I have a patient who came in with independent ADLs then went to the cath lab and had a coronary angio complicated by an embolic stroke.Now he is a complete in bathing and major in mobility .So I guess I can only change my adls if the stroke occurred within 24 hours .Is this correct?


== Reference ==
== Reference ==