Select to download PDF (96.13 KB). Followup is the act of making contact with a patient or caregiver at a later,
specified date to check on the patient's progress since his or her last appointment. Appropriate followup can help you to identify misunderstandings and answer questions, or make further assessments and adjust treatments. In addition, followup helps to promote a good working relationship between you and your patients. Who follows up depends on the purpose of the communication:
Choose the ways your office will follow up.
Initiate and track followup.
Track Your ProgressSelect the records of a sample of patients who should have received followup after a recent visit (e.g., patients with heart failure). Count the number of patients who received followup actions that were scheduled in your tracking system. Count the number of followup actions (e.g., phone calls, emails, letters, automated calls) that were performed within the desired time frame. Note what was achieved by the followup contacts: medicine changes, referrals made, clarification of medicine regimens. Return to Contents Page last reviewed September 2020 Page originally created February 2015 Internet Citation: Follow Up with Patients: Tool #6. Content last reviewed September 2020. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Which nurse is displaying cultural sensitivity when caring for dietary needs of patients?Transcultural nursing includes the culture of the individual nurse. Transcultural nursing addresses cultural differences among patients.
Which statement would the nurse expect to hear from a patient who practices holistic?Which statement would the nurse expect to hear from a patient who practices holism? "There is an interconnectedness of all living things."
Which factor would cause the nurse to identify an illness as chronic?The illness affects the functioning of one or more systems. A chronic illness usually lasts longer than six months.
Which statement best reflects the nurse's understanding of cultural influences on drug therapy and other health practices?Which statement best reflects the nurse's understanding of cultural influences on drug therapy and other health practices? Administration of some drugs may elicit varied responses in specific racial/ethnic groups.
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