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Presented By:
Lakshmi
MSW, PGDHHM
Presented By:
Narayan Chaurasia
MSW, PGDHHM
PATIENT ADMISSION
PATIENT ADMISSION
PROCESS
PATIENT ADMISSION
PATIENT ADMISSION
PROCESS
DEFINITION
Admission of a patient means allowing and
facilitating a patient to stay in the hospital unit or
facilitating a patient to stay in the hospital unit or
ward for observation, investigation, and treatment
of the disease he or she is suffering from.
DEFINITION
Admission of a patient means allowing and
facilitating a patient to stay in the hospital unit or
facilitating a patient to stay in the hospital unit or
ward for observation, investigation, and treatment
of the disease he or she is suffering from.
1. PURPOSE OF ADMISSION PROCEDURE
 To provide immediate care.
 To provide comfort and safety to the patient
 To receive the patient in ward for admission
 To be ready for any emergency.
 To assist the patient is adjusting
 To assist the patient is adjusting
 to the hospital environment.
 To obtain information about the client so
elationship.
 To involve patient and family in care.
 To assist proper discharge planning of care
PROCEDURE
patient.
admission according to his condition.
so as to establish therapeutic nurse patient
care.
Types of Admission
 Routine Admission: clients
and planned treatments and
hypertension.
hypertension.
 Emergency Admission: Patients
emergency condition which requires
burns, drowning, road accidents, fall,
clients are admitted for investigation
for surgeries. eg. diabetes
Patients are admitted for acute, an
requires immediate treatment like
fall, heart attack.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ADMISSION
1. Gather patient information (name,
2. Prepare medical record
3. Prepare patient identification bracelet
4. Consent form signed
4. Consent form signed
5. Initial orders obtained
6. Inform to floor ward nurse
ADMISSION DEPARTMENT
age, sex, address, mobile no etc)
bracelet
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
 Prepare a clean and neat admission
per the need of the patient.
 Prepare an appropriate type of bed
bed
bed
dentify self
 Welcome patient and his family with
 Make the patient comfortable in
clothes and ensure adequate privacy.
 Alleviate anxiety/fear
NURSE PREPARE ROOM
admission room with all the necessary items a
bed with adequate adjusted height of the
with warm approach.
in bed and provide him with hospita
HARTING
Record all the basic information in patients record.
Clearly mention admission date, time, patients details,
tus.
Record in admission register, treatment book, report book,
d nurse’s notes.
Physical Assessment
Patients Comfort
Patients Comfort
Collect information for database
Perform initial Admission Assessment
Obtain physician order for the Lab, Tests, Medical activity
Identify data
Chief complaints
Present history
Past health history
Review of body system
complaints of the clients, any allergies, patients mental
book, medical legal case (MLC) register, update ward census
activity
HE ORGANIZATION HAS A WELL DEFINED REGISTRATION AND ADMISSION
ROCESS:
. Documented policies and procedures are used for registration and admitting patients
. The documented procedures address out-
patients.
. A unique identification number is generated at the end of registration.
. Patients are accepted only if the hospital can provide the required service.
. The documented policies and procedures also address managing patients during non
availability of beds.
. Access to the healthcare services in the hospital is prioritized according to the clinical
needs of patient.
. The staff are aware of these processes.
HE ORGANIZATION HAS A WELL DEFINED REGISTRATION AND ADMISSION
Documented policies and procedures are used for registration and admitting patients
-patients, in-patients and emergency
A unique identification number is generated at the end of registration.
Patients are accepted only if the hospital can provide the required service.
The documented policies and procedures also address managing patients during non
Access to the healthcare services in the hospital is prioritized according to the clinical
Patient Admission Process in Healthcare Sector