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Advance Directives 2008

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1: If a patient does not have Advance Directives at the time of admission but now wants to complete and activate an Advance Directive, what department needs to be notified?: Social Services
The Patient Representative
Patient Registration
The hospital attorney
2: You must have an attorney present in order to execute a Living Will or Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare (Advance Directive): Only to notarize the final paperwork
Only during the initial paperwork
Anytime changes are made
It is not necessary to consult an attorney, but it may be helpful
3: For the purposes of Advance Directives, at what age is the person considered to be an adult?: 18
16
21
25
4: What do you do with the original Advance Directives after you have made the necessary copy(s)?: Send it to the patient's attorney and the Registrar's Office at the State of Ohio
Send it to Patient Registration to be placed in the patient's hospital record
Return it to the patient
Send it to Health Information Services (Medical Records) to be placed in the patient's medical record
5: Where should the chart copy of the Advance Directive be placed?: In the Physician order section
In the front pocket
Under the Legal Document section
In the very back of the chart
6: Who is the first person to ask the patient being admitted if they have Advance Directives?: The nurse in the Emergency Department
The Patient Registration clerk
The admitting nurse
The admitting physician
7: If a patient is temporarily impaired and can't make decisions when they are admitted to the hospital, all information for Advance Directive is:: Not important and does not need addressed during the hospital stay
Is presented to the patient even though they do nothave the ability to understand that they are being told
Is presented to the patient when they regain their mental functioning
Is presented during the next admission whether they have regained their mental functioning or not
8: When a patient is admitted if they do not have their Advance Directives with them, how quickly should a family member be asked to bring this paperwork to the hospital?: Within 8 hours
Within 12 hours
Within 24 hours
Within 36 hours
9: The Admitting RN must notify the physician if the patient has an Advance Directive.: This is true
This is true ONLY if the patient is in ICU and is critically ill
This is not true
Only if the patient requests their physician be made aware of the Advance Directives
10: When a patient expires, the Advance Directives remains a part of the patient's chart.: This is true
This is true, but the original document must be kept on the chart--it cannot be a copy
This is false--the copy on the chart should be returned to the patient when they are discharged
This is false--the form on the chart must be shredded when the patient is discharged.