This document discusses the transfer of a patient from one unit or hospital to another. It defines a patient transfer as discharging a patient from one unit or agency and admitting them to another without going home in between. The two main types of transfers discussed are between units in the same hospital and between different hospitals. The key steps outlined for an intra-hospital transfer are obtaining a physician order, informing the patient and receiving unit, completing documentation, arranging transportation, and ensuring the receiving unit admits the patient. The nurse's role in the process involves communication, documentation, collecting patient belongings, and assisting in the physical transfer of the patient between units.

1. TRANSFER OF A
PATIENT
1) MEANINGS OF TRANSFER OF A
PATIENT.
2) CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE
PATIENT CAN BE TRANSFERRED.
3) STEPS OF TRANSFER.
4) NURSES ROLE IN TRANSFER OF
A PATIENT.
5) TRANSFER SUMMERY.

2. DEFINITION
 “DISCHARGING A
PATIENT FROM ONE UNIT
OR AGENCY & ADMIITING
HIM OR HER TO ANOTHER
WITHOUT GOUING HOME
IN THE INTERIM.”

3. TYPES OF TRANSFER
 TRANSFER OF A PATIENT FROM
ONE UNIT TO ANOTHER IN SAME
HOSPITAL.
TRANSFER OF A PATIENT FROM
ONE HOSPITAL TO ANOTHER.

4. STEPS OF TRANSFER FROM ONE
UNIT TO ANOTHER IN SAME
HOSPITAL.
1) WRITTEN ORDR BY PHYSICIAN.
2) INFORM PATIENT AND FAMILY.
3) INFORM WARD INCHARGE OF ANOTHER
UNIT / WARD.
4) COMPLETE PATIENT’S DOCUMENTS AND
DICHARGE SUMMARY.
5) ARRNGEMENT OF TRANSPORT.
6) INFORM OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

5. 7) TRANSPORTATION OF THE
PATIENT.
8) RECEIVING OF TRHE PATIENT IN
NEW WARD.
9) HANDING OVER & TAKING OVER OF
THE PERSONAL BELONGINGS.
10)DOCUMENTATION.

6. STEPS OF TRANSFER FROM ONE
HOSPITAL TO ANOTHER
 PATIENT CAN TRANSFERRED
TO:-
 EXTENDE CARE FACILITIES.
SKILLED NURSING
FACILITIES.

7. NURSES ROLE IN TRANSFER
OF A PATIENT
ACTION RATIONAL
1) BE SURE THAT
PATIENT AND
FAMILY INFORMED
OF THE NEED
TRANSFER.
COMMUNICATION
PROMOTES CO-
OPERATION.

8. ACTION RATIONAL
2)IF TIME PERMITS &
IF THE PATIENT OR
FAMILY HAVE SOME
CHOICE ,
ENCOURAGE THE
FAMILY TO
INVESTIGATEVARIO
US FACILITIES &
COLLABERATION
ON THEY PREFER.
DECISION SHOULD
BE ALWAYS MADE
BY PERSONS WHO
ARE GOING TO BE
AFFECTED.

9. ACTION RATIONAL
3) COMMUNICATE
WITH THE AGENCY
OR UNIT WHERE
THYE PATIENT WILL
BE TRANSFERRED.
4) MAKE PHOTOCOPY
OF MEDICAL
RECORDS.
OTHER PERSONNEL
NEEDS TIME TO
PREAPARE FOR
PATIENT’S ARRIVEL.
A COPY OF THE
RECORDS AIDS INB
CONTINUTY OF
CARE & AVOIDS
DUPLICATION OF
SERVICES.

10. ACTION RATIONAL
5)PROVIDE WRITTEN
TRANSFER
SUMMARY.
PERSONNEL AT THE
NEW FACILITY MAY
NOT HAVE TIME TO
READ THE
DOCUMENTS
THOROUGHLY
BEFORE ASSUMING
RESPONSIBILITY OF
PATIENT’S CARE.

11. ACTION RATIONAL
6)COLLECT ALL THE
PATIENT’S
BELONGINGS
CARELESSNESS
CAN LEAD TO THE
LOSS OF THE
PATIENT’S
VALUABLE
BELONGINGS &
CAUSE
INCONVIENENCE IN
RETURNING THEM.

12. ACTION RATIONAL
7)HELP IN
TRANSPORTATIO
N OF THE
PATIENT.
8)GIVE TRANSFER
PERSONNEL A
COPY OF THE
MEDICAL
RECORDS IN A
FOLDER OR
ENVELOP
ASSISTANCE
REDUCES
DEMANDS ON THE
PATIENT.
TO AVOID LOSS OF
ANY DOCUMENTS
& PROTECT
CONFIDENTIALITY

13. ACTION RATIONAL
9)COMPLETE THE
MEDICAL
RECORDS BY
ADDING
TRANSFER
SUMMARY.
10)DOCUMENTATION ALL RECORDS TO
BE KEPT FOR
FUTURE
REFERENCE.

14. ACTION RATIONAL
11)NOTFY OTHER
DEPARTMENTS OF
HOSPITAL
REGARDING
PATIENT’S
TRANSFER.
EACH
DEPARTMENT
HAS IT’S OWN
RESONSIBILITY
TOWARDS
PATIENT.

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