Hospital admission comprises a series of technical-administrative activities that are carried out in health centers to admit the patient and whose objective is to provide care, depending on their needs or difficulties through adequate and specific resources. Hospital admission arises when the patient requires the services of internal medicine, surgery, etc. And he needs to be confined to a hospital in order to receive treatment for his condition.
The patient can enter a hospital in different ways: through the emergency department, the outpatient clinic or a specialty office.
There are different types of income:
- The programmed admission: is the one that is carried out when the patient needs hospital care prior to the control of their disease at different levels.
- Admission for emergencies: this occurs when the patient needs immediate assistance, due to the sudden appearance of a serious illness or an accident.
- Intra-hospital admissions: are those where the patients who enter come from another health center.
Once the patient complies with the pertinent documentation, the admission service allocates a bed for hospital admission. These procedures are generally carried out by the patient's relatives. Once the patient is admitted, they will have their first contact with the nursing staff, who will explain everything about the hospital rules, visiting hours, etc. and demonstrate interest in patient data. Then an initial assessment of the patient will be carried out and it will be attached to the patient's medical history.
