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== The Nursing Discharge Screening Tool == | == The Nursing Discharge Screening Tool == | ||
Find the white [[Media: | Find the white [[Media:!Nursing_Discharge_Screening_Tool_Sept_18.pdf|Nursing Discharge Screening Tool]] | ||
with the admission documentation on the patient chart and check if there is either a yes or no for all the first 6 questions. Also collect the patients living arrangements from the form. (Home, Nursing home, Assisted Living). | with the admission documentation on the patient chart and check if there is either a yes or no for all the first 6 questions. Also collect the patients living arrangements from the form. (Home, Nursing home, Assisted Living). | ||
The form is to be completed within 24 hours of all new admissions to hospital and patients transferred to the unit without a previously completed ''Nursing Discharge Screening Tool''. If it is not possible at time of admission, the admitting nurse will pass the responsibility for completion to the next duty nurse. | The form is to be completed within 24 hours of all new admissions to hospital and patients transferred to the unit without a previously completed ''Nursing Discharge Screening Tool''. If it is not possible at time of admission, the admitting nurse will pass the responsibility for completion to the next duty nurse. | ||