D/C forms change, Daily Assignments

Our standard Discharge Home 3-carbon sheet has changed. It can now be found on FormsFast (do I hear a collective "YAY!"?). There is now a section at the bottom that requires us to fax a copy of the sheet to the pt's PCP. This does bring up a HIPAA issue, and there are people in administration working to clear that up. For now, the patient may opt-out of having this information sent to their PCP. It is required by the Joint Commision that we do this for continuity of care. Please remember to make appropriate copies of the DC form - one for the pt, one for the chart, and one for the med room for follow-up calls. The Spanish version of the DC form is still the same and can be found in its usual place by the UC desk.

Changes have been made to the daily nursing assignment sheet. RNs will be given ACLS assignments for the day (team leader, medication admin, chest compressions, etc.). PCAs will be given specific duties for the environment of the unit (garbage/linen, trays/water pitchers, PCX QC, etc.). If you have any feedback about this, please see Melissa or Kim.

One other reminder: please remember to turn off oxygen (wall units and portable tanks) when not in use. While the air we breathe is free, O2 most certainly is not :). Please help keep costs down by remembering to turn flowmeters off.