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| indicates the number of patients present in the healthcare facility at a particular point in time | inpatient census
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| an organizational entity of a healthcare facility organized physically and functionally to provide care | patient care unit (PCU)
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| Around midnight is usually a good time to take the census because patients are usually in their beds. | True
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| the census from all units that is used to compile a total census; shows the names of patients present at a particular point in time and their location | complete master census
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| patients who are moved from one PCU to another within the facility | intrahospital transfers
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| includes the number of inpatients present at the census-taking time each day and any inpatients who were both admitted after the previous census-taking time and discharged before the next census-taking time. | daily inpatient census
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| a unit of measure denoting the services received by one patient in a 24-hour period | inpatient service day
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| a day occurring after the admission and prior to the discharge of a hospital inpatient when the patient is not present at the census-taking hour because he or she is on leave of absence from the healthcare facility | leave of absence
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| An absence of less than one day is not considered a leave of absence from the healthcare facility. | True
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| Leave of absence days are always written as a physician order. | True
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| the correct term to use for what is commonly referred to as a patient day, inpatient day, bed occupancy day, or census day | inpatient service day
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| the sum of all the inpatient service days in a period under consideration | total inpatient service days
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| The difference between the census and the daily inpatient census is that any patients admitted and discharged the same day are added to: | The census to compute the daily inpatient census
The 12:01 a.m. (or other designated time) head count to compute the daily census
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| Which of the following should be used when calculating the number of inpatient who received service on a particular day? | Total inpatient service days
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| The time for taking the inpatient census must always be: | Consistent
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| At census-taking time, a patient who has been transferred into a unit is: | Counted where he or she is
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| Patient day or inpatient day is more correctly termed | Inpatient service day
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| The inpatient census at 12:01 a.m. is 57. Two patients were admitted at 1 p.m., one died at 3:15 p.m. and the other was discharged at 10:00 p.m. The inpatient service days for that day are: | 59
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| the measurement of services received by all inpatients in one 24-hour period (the time between the census-taking hours on two successive days) | calculation of inpatient service days
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| One inpatient day must be counted for each inpatient admitted and discharged on the same day between two successive census-taking hours. | True
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| transfers in and out of the unit are shown as subdivisions of patients admitted to and discharged from the unit; occurs on the PCU census | calculation of transfers
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| Every patient transferred into a unit on any given day has to have been transferred out of another unit. | Recapitulation
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| Births are considered newborn admissions. | True
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| The census at the close of one day (11:59 p.m.) is the inpatient census at the beginning of the next day and is commonly referred to as the number of patients remaining. | True
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| the average number of inpatients present each day for a given period of time | average daily inpatient census
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| Newborn census data can distort statistics related to resource use. | True
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| When administrators and physicians ask for the average daily census, they may not always indicate to exclude newborns. | True
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