Sheena collaborates with a nurse for a patient named Ms. Lata

Sheena checks her email and responds to an inquiry from a nurse. The nurse would like to start coordinating homecare services for Ms. Lata, an outpatient who is almost finished her radiation and chemotherapy.

The nurse would like Sheena to complete a transfer report for the homecare office. Knowing the rest of her day will be busy, Sheena takes the time to complete the transfer report and includes a summary of Ms. Lata’s nutritional needs. This will transfer Ms. Lata’s care to the dietitian who works in homecare. This specific report can now be completed electronically instead of on paper (2.01d).

Sheena describes the charting methods used at the hospital

Sheena’s hospital has been transitioning from paper to electronic health records. This is a complex process and the transition has been occurring slowly over the past several years.

At the hospital she works at, the majority of inpatient charts are still paper charts, but she is happy that the outpatient charts are now electronic, which she feels is more efficient (1.10e).

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