Admission, Transfer and Discharge of a Patient

A nurse is performing an admission assessment for an older adult client. After gathering the assessment data and performing the review of systems, which of the following actions is a priority for the nurse?

A nurse is admitting a client who has acute cholecystitis to a medical-surgical unit. Which of the following actions are essential steps of the admission procedure? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is transferring a client from an acute-care hospital to a rehabilitation facility. Which of the following information about the client should the nurse include in the transfer report? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is preparing the discharge summary for a client who has had knee arthroplasty and is going home. Which of the following information about the client should the nurse include in the discharge summary? (Select all that apply.)

As part of the admission process, a nurse at a long-term care facility is gathering a nutrition history for a client who has dementia. Which of the following components of the nutrition evaluation is the priority for the nurse to determine from the client’s family?

A nurse is transferring a patient to another unit within the hospital. What sort of things does the transferring nurse need to do prior to transferring the patient? (Select all that apply.)