HSA 4502 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Medical Error, Respiratory Arrest, Triage
29 Jun 2020
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Interprofessional collaboration: to be successful, interprofessional collaboration requires periodic team meetings to solve problems and reach decisions about management of the patient. Orientation: before seeing a patient, the caregiver should perform a comprehensive review of the patient"s medical records. Verify the patient you are treating, using two patient identifiers (name & dob, wristband, driver"s license) Verify/ confirm patient information you have received such as name, diagnosis, purpose of treatment, and referral source. Interview the patient to obtain relevant information; be alert for culturally different norms & traditions. Perform assessments, examination, and evaluation activities to establish the patient"s capabilities, condition, problems, needs, goals, and clinical diagnosis. Establish treatment goals and functional outcomes with patient input. Encourage patients to ask questions to enable consent. Request patient signature for informed consent forms: red warning flags during evaluation/treatment indicate that the patient should be referred to a physician immediately.
