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Entry of a patient into a health care facility

Admission
Charting notation when a patient leaves a health care facility without aphysicianʼs order for discharge

Against Medical Advice (AMA)-
Continuing of established patient care from one setting to another

Continuity of Care
Release of a patient from a health care facility

Discharge
Schedule of events often planned by a multidisciplinary team leasing to the return ofa patient from hospital confinement to life at home or another health care setting

Discharge Planning
Mental confusion characterized by inadequate or incorrect perceptions of place, time, and identity

Disorientation
Ability to recognize and, to some extent, share the emotions and states of mind of another andto understand the meaning and significance of that personʼs behavior

Empathy
Agency or institution that provides health care

Health Care Facility
An organization that provides health care in the home

Home Health Agency
Fear and apprehension caused by separation from familiar surroundings andsignificant people

Separation Anxiety
Entities (persons or elements) other than the giver or receiver of service responsiblefor payment (ex. medicare or insurance company)

Third-party payors
Moving a patient from one unit to another (intraagency transfer) or moving a patient from onehealth care facility to another (interagency transfer)

Transfer
moving a patient from one health care facility to another

interagency transfer
moving a patient from one unit to another

intraagency transfer
Common Patient Reactions to Hospitalization

Patient is usually very concerned about health problems or potential health problems and the potentialoutcome of treatment• First contact with nurses and health care workers is important• Provides an opportunity to lessen anxiety and fears and initiate a positive attitude regardingthe care to be received• Follow admission routines that are efficient and show appropriate concern for the patient• This is a way to significantly ease the patientʼs anxiety and promote cooperation andpositive response to treatment• Each personʼs reaction to hospitalization is unique
Some common reaction to be expected (reactions are related to some of the needs described byMaslow):
- Fear of the unknown
- Loss of identity
- Disorientation
- Separation Anxiety
- Loneliness
Common Patient Reactions to Hospitalization:

Nurse has the ability to help reduce the severity of these common reactions to hospitalization with awarm, caring attitude and with courtesy and empathy

Treat patients with respect; maintain their dignity; involve them in the plan of care; and wheneverpossible, adjust hospital routine to meet their desires

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Chapter 11

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fundamental of nursing

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