Admission and Procedures
WellCorp, facilitates the patient in all ways who come as a person for observation, investigation and treatment with us.We request the patients for their brief history and current medical problem and treatment during the admission procedures.
- WellCorp, will do ReCounselling with the patients which is done by the experts for the appropriate treatment/package
- The appointment is scheduled with the concerned doctor/ physician.
- Confirmation of date and time of arrival by the patient.
- Wellcorp, will organize the patient’s admission on a timely basis and will be provided with the required assistance.
- WellCorp will lead the Admission of the patient for the planned treatment.
- At the time of discharge, the patient is advised by the doctor for follow up assistance for future appointment scheduling after discharge.
Purpose of the admission procedure
- To provide immediate care.
- To provide comfort and safety to the patient.
- To receive the patient in the ward for admission according to his condition.
- To be ready for any emergency.
- To assist the patient is adjusting
- To the hospital environment.
- To obtain information about the client so as to establish therapeutic nurse-patient relationships.
- To involve the patient and family in care.
- To assist in proper discharge planning of care.
Types of Admission
- Routine Admission: clients are admitted for investigations and planned treatments and for surgeries. eg. diabetes, hypertension.
- Emergency Admission: Patients are admitted for acute, an emergency condition which requires immediate treatment like burns, drowning, road accidents, fall, heart attack.
Responsibilities of the Admission Department
- Gather patient information (name, age, sex, address, mobile no etc)
- Prepare medical record
- Prepare patient identification bracelet
- Consent form signed
- Initial orders obtained
- Inform to the floor ward nurse
Responsibilities of the Nurse Prepare Room
- Prepare a clean and neat admission room with all the necessary items as per the need of the patient.
- Prepare an appropriate type of bed with an adequate adjusted height of the bed
- Identify self
- Welcome patients and his family with a warm approach.
- Make the patient comfortable in bed and provide him with hospital clothes and ensure adequate privacy.
- Alleviate anxiety/fear
- Orient patient
- Location of the nurse’s station
- Room boundaries
- Clothes storage
- Call light
- Bed controls
- Light switches
- Telephone policy
- Tv controls
- Mealtimes
- Visiting hours
- Diet
- Safety measures-side rails
- Time for doctor’s visit
- What tests are scheduled
Gather information related to:
- Medical Orders
- Treatments
- Lab Results
- Tests
- Diet
- Activity
Charting
- Record all the basic information in the patient’s record.
- Clearly mention admission date, time patients details, complaints of the clients, any allergies, patients mental status.
- Record in admission register, treatment book, report book, medical legal case (MLC) register, update ward census and nurse’s notes.
- Physical Assessment
- Patients Comfort
- Collect information for database
- Perform initial Admission Assessment
- Obtain physician order for the Lab, Tests, Medical activity
- Identify data
- Chief complaints
- Present history
- Past health history
- Review of the body system
Observation:
What to look for in newly admitted patients
- Anxiety
- Loneliness
- Increased privacy
- Loss of identity
Admission Assessment
Do a good assessment of his physical condition in order to plan his care. If his physical state needs immediate treatment report to the physician and prepare your patient for physical examination and carry out the treatment, which the physician prescribes after the physical examination.