Overstay Predictor Project Collection Instructions: Difference between revisions
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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. | ||
If the patient was discharged before a colour could be assigned write "not assessed" and write the discharge date on the Nurse Discharge Screening Tool, take a copy and put it in the Transition Coordinator Binder. | |||
The nurse can update the 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 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. | ||