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Admission, Discharge
Terms to know on Ch 11 of Fundamentals
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Admission | entering a health care agency for nursing care and medical or surgical treatment. |
| Basic care facility | agency that provides extended custodial care. |
| Clinical resume | summary of previous care. |
| Continuity of care | uninterrupted client care despite the change in caregivers. |
| Discharge | the termination of care from a health care agency. |
| Discharge planning | a process that improves client outcomes by (1) predetermining his or her post discharge needs in a timely manner and (2) coordinating the use of appropriate community resources to provide a continuum of care. |
| Extended care facility | health care agency that provides long-term care. |
| Home health care | in-home health care provided by an employee of a home health agency. |
| Intermediate care facility | agency that provides health-related care and services to people who, because of their mental or physical condition, require institutional care but not 24 hour nursing care |
| Medication reconciliation | obtaining and verifying the medication a client is currently taking. |
| Orientation | helping a person become familiar with a new environment. |
| Progressive care units | units for clients who were once in critical condition but have recovered sufficiently to require less-intensive nursing care. |
| Referral | process of sending someone to another person or agency for special services. |
| Skilled nursing facility | nursing home that provides 24 hour nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse. |
| Step-down units | units for clients who were once in critical condition but have recovered sufficiently to require less-intensive nursing care. |
| Transfer | (1) discharging a client from one unit or agency and immediately admitting him or her to another; (2) moving a client from place to place. |
| Transfer summary | a written review of the client's current status. |
| Transitional care units | area for clients initially in a critical or unstable condition, but sufficiently recovered to require less-intensive nursing care. |