Question

Ongoing, effective communication among all members of the healthcare team assures that patients receive care that is safe, timely, and responsive to patient needs. Read the scenario and answer the questions that follow. Everett Slocum, a 47-year-old mail carrier, is a patient in the medical- surgical unit where you practice nursing. Mr. Slocum is status post right knee arthroplasty and has returned to his bed from surgery; his family is at his bedside. As you perform your admission assessment, report comes from your team members indicating that the computer system is down and that paper charting is necessary until the system comes back up. Your online, written postoperative report from the postanesthesia care unit nurses is inaccessible, so you need to call to receive verbal report (Learning Objectives:3, 4, and 9). a. What telephone would you use to call to get report? Why? b. Which key principles of your assessment documentation are assured by utilizing computer charting?

Answer 1

A. I would use the official hospital telephone to get the report because it's an official work .

B. Principles which are assured are :-

An accurate and timely health assessment provides foundation for nursing care & intervention. • Go for comprehensive assessment. • The health assessment process should include data collection, documentation and evaluation of the client's health status. • All documents should be objective, accurate, clear, concise, specific and current. • It should be practiced in all settings whenever there is nurse-client interaction. Information gathered should be communicated to other health care professional. • Keep the confidentiality.