HUC 3 Chapter 19 with
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The HUC's responsibility for admitting a patient
Demonstrate the caring nature of the hospital by greeting the patient
warmly and making him/her feel welcome
Scheduled or planned admissions
Are admissions that are called into the admitting department in ADVANCE
Elective scheduled admissions
Occur when the patient and the doctor decide when to schedule a non
emergency or elective surgery or procedure
Direct admissions
Occur when a doctor sees a patient in the OFFICE, decides that the person
should be admitted to the hospital and places a call to the hospital to
arrange the admission
Urgent admissions
Occur when a patient is determined to be in need of immediate care while
at a doctors office or another facility
Emergency admissions
Are unplanned and is the result of an accident, sudden illness, or other
medical crisis
Patients brought directly to an ICU are not
Preregistered by the admitting department and may be unconscious and
without ID
HUC would call admitting to request the patient be given an alias name
and assigned a health record number
If an invasive procedure or surgery is immediately required to save the life
of a patient who is unable to sign an informed consent and no family
member is present
Two medical doctors would sign the consent
Inpatient
, Is a patient who has a doctor's electronic or handwritten order for
admissions to the hospital and is assigned to a bed on the nursing unit
Observation patient
Is a patient who is assigned to a bed on a nursing unit to receive care for a
period until deemed stable
May also be called continuing care, medical short-stay or ambulatory
patient
Outpatient
Is a patient who receives care in a hospital, clinic, or surgicenter. Usually
is scheduled to receive surgery, treatments, therapies, or tests
Registration
Is the process of entering personal information into the hospital
information system to register a person as a hospital patient and create a
patient record
Patient admission and registration tasks include
-Copy insurance cards
-Verify insurance
-Ask patient or guardian to sign appropriate insurance forms
-Interview patient or family to obtain personal information
-Prepare admission forms for signatures
-Ask patient whether he/she has an advanced directives document or
would like to create one
-Prepares patients ID bracelet
-Secure patients valuables
-Include any test results, prewritten orders, or consents that were
previously sent to the admitting department in the packet that
accompanies the patient to the nursing unit
Admission Service agreement or Conditions of admission agreement
Lists general services that the hospital will provide
Is an agreement between the patient and the hospital and includes a legal
consent for treatment
COA or C of A
Admission Service agreement or Conditions of admission agreement
Face sheet
Is the form that is generated after patient information, such as address,
telephone numbers, nearest of kin, is entered into the hospital
information system
Usually the first page of the patients paper medical record
verified solutions 2024
The HUC's responsibility for admitting a patient
Demonstrate the caring nature of the hospital by greeting the patient
warmly and making him/her feel welcome
Scheduled or planned admissions
Are admissions that are called into the admitting department in ADVANCE
Elective scheduled admissions
Occur when the patient and the doctor decide when to schedule a non
emergency or elective surgery or procedure
Direct admissions
Occur when a doctor sees a patient in the OFFICE, decides that the person
should be admitted to the hospital and places a call to the hospital to
arrange the admission
Urgent admissions
Occur when a patient is determined to be in need of immediate care while
at a doctors office or another facility
Emergency admissions
Are unplanned and is the result of an accident, sudden illness, or other
medical crisis
Patients brought directly to an ICU are not
Preregistered by the admitting department and may be unconscious and
without ID
HUC would call admitting to request the patient be given an alias name
and assigned a health record number
If an invasive procedure or surgery is immediately required to save the life
of a patient who is unable to sign an informed consent and no family
member is present
Two medical doctors would sign the consent
Inpatient
, Is a patient who has a doctor's electronic or handwritten order for
admissions to the hospital and is assigned to a bed on the nursing unit
Observation patient
Is a patient who is assigned to a bed on a nursing unit to receive care for a
period until deemed stable
May also be called continuing care, medical short-stay or ambulatory
patient
Outpatient
Is a patient who receives care in a hospital, clinic, or surgicenter. Usually
is scheduled to receive surgery, treatments, therapies, or tests
Registration
Is the process of entering personal information into the hospital
information system to register a person as a hospital patient and create a
patient record
Patient admission and registration tasks include
-Copy insurance cards
-Verify insurance
-Ask patient or guardian to sign appropriate insurance forms
-Interview patient or family to obtain personal information
-Prepare admission forms for signatures
-Ask patient whether he/she has an advanced directives document or
would like to create one
-Prepares patients ID bracelet
-Secure patients valuables
-Include any test results, prewritten orders, or consents that were
previously sent to the admitting department in the packet that
accompanies the patient to the nursing unit
Admission Service agreement or Conditions of admission agreement
Lists general services that the hospital will provide
Is an agreement between the patient and the hospital and includes a legal
consent for treatment
COA or C of A
Admission Service agreement or Conditions of admission agreement
Face sheet
Is the form that is generated after patient information, such as address,
telephone numbers, nearest of kin, is entered into the hospital
information system
Usually the first page of the patients paper medical record
