BUS171

Business Process: Ordering a mattress for a patients with skin breakdown on admission/ acquiring it during stay 1.  Please describe a business process Upon admission of a patient a skin assessment and risk assessment is done by the nurse. The assessment involves a patient mobility test, excess moisture test, and a check of nutritional status. Triggers are in the charting system, which is electronic, including what will trigger the need for intervention which includes ordering a speciality mattress to avoid further skin breakdown. If the patient already has skin breakdown then the nurse will call down the wound care team. The wound care team will come down and assess the situation and decide which mattress they will order. The patient's insurance is billed for the rental and then the bed is brought to the nurse who then signs for it. The nurse must put the patient on the mattress and then chart it on the risk assessment. They check the skin everyday