Hint For Admission
Hint For Admission
Hint For Admission
NOTE: The information provided in this document is varies and it’s in no particular order. Apply
this information according to your circumstance. Most of the info you would of already
PREPARATION
Ask Almighty God to take control of your pre up preparation, during and after exam.
Be organized /prepare ensure you/team gather the necessary items early “label bag/box
with items (batch, date, state for exam use). Hide it somewhere on the ward ++
Order from CSSD 3 sterile trays also 3 sterile green cloth linens (at least 1wk in
advance). Note: Get the head nurse to write up your request on a req form (he/she
Go down to laundry and request linens (“preferable long sheets, “short fitted sheets may
not fit bed”) the day before exam (morning)/ or you can go earlier if you want. NO need
Prepare for the unknown have more than one linen , thermometer, etc
Inform the nurse in charge date of exam also inform the following
provided
- inform the doctor that if the patient you admitted was not seen by doctor. You can
- Inform doctors/nurses/ colleagues etc your prepared exam room/ admission area
is in use. You can have someone you trust stand in front room /admission area to secure
your items while you are away. If they do borrow items ask them to return ASAP.
PUT UP SIGNS AND REMOVE OLD ONES/ will send signs. Labels on all tray items
AREAS TO FOCUS ON
Communication
Safety
Organisation
Preparedness
Team work
Patient centeredness
in doc.
Written info ( nursing plan, database, temp chart, nurses notes , doctor’s notes
examiner
Giving over “do not Provide Info That Was Not Performed if otherwise the
DAY OF EXAM
Write patient’s name in the admission book (s) clearly. Try to do it during
Once you have identified your patient’s correct name /spelling /document. Tag
patient one time and right identification info on every page of nurses note/
doctor’s note ++
Those doing exam on WARD 7 and you admitting a patient that has to do a lap
cholecystectomy check doctor note (may request to do pregnancy test This must
be done for this patient). Ask the head nurse on the day/day before “just in case”
Do not walk off on your examiner without explaining where you are going.
Make up bed according before/ after. Critical thinking/ safety applies here
Also have your urinalysis tray in appropriate area (gloves, dip strips in container
Perform all examinations (this may vary with examiner and other circumstances)
in the presence of the examiner (vital signs show miss the thermometer before
shaking down again “please please” be accurate with pulse rate, temp. and resp
Know your exit points / staircase, location of fire extinguisher. Examiner may
ask
Mention what you can explain and not what you cannot comprehend. If you
- You said “no crepitus felt”, the examiner may ask “what is crepitus”.
Or you make say the “patient is on Calms” and the examiner may ask “what
Do account for what you say/ reason why you perform this particular type of
Write your nursing diagnosis. Make sure diagnosis equates with what you written
Patient safety applies critical thinking eg vital sign abnormal high BP and patient
Eg asthmatic/sickle cell/ COPD patients put the patient by bed where oxygen line
Hope this info is helpful to you. May almighty god be control of lives now and evermore? Have