Overstay Predictor Project Collection Instructions: Difference between revisions

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The bedside nurses have 24 hours from the time of [http://ccmdb.kuality.ca/index.php/Admit,_Transfer_and_Discharge_date_and_time#Definition_for_Medicine| admission to the unit] to fill out the ''Nurse Discharge Screening Tool''. 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 [http://ccmdb.kuality.ca/index.php/Admit,_Transfer_and_Discharge_date_and_time#Definition_for_Medicine| admission to the unit] to fill out the ''Nurse Discharge Screening Tool''. This time frame allows for the nurse to clarify unanswered questions with the patient or caregivers during the day.  


'''If you can't find the form or an answer is still missing 24 hrs after admission:''':
'''If the data collector can not find the form or if answers to any or all the questions on the form are still missing 24 hrs after admission:''':
* enter the project "Overstay" "form data missing" entry into the tmp table
* in TMP enter the project "Overstay" "form data missing" entry into the tmp table
** If the nurse form is incomplete the patient will be evaluated as if the nurse form had identified a problem, i.e. the patient will become yellow or red; the program will give a message that data had been missing.
** If the bedside nurse form is incomplete the patient will be evaluated as if the bedside nurse form had identified a problem, i.e. the patient will become yellow or red; the program will give a message that data had been missing.
* check with the bedside nurse and remind them to complete it or notify the manager; enter the remaining data into CCMDB.mdb if it now becomes available.
* check with the bedside nurse and remind them to complete it or notify the medicine ward unit manager; enter the remaining data into CCMDB.mdb if it now becomes available.


If a patient was admitted and discharged within the 24 hours and no "Nurse Discharge Screening Tool" was completed enter "Form data missing".
If a patient was admitted and discharged within the 24 hours and no "Nurse Discharge Screening Tool" was completed enter "Form data missing".