A Health Care Facility Has Recently Adopted a New Method

question 49

Multiple Choice

A health care facility has recently adopted a new method of documenting in the medical record. The dietitian was trained using the SOAP method, but now needs to transition to understanding different methods of charting to ensure that the transition to new documentation is smooth.
The information from the SOAP note is consolidated into three sections: writing the patient's data, the nutritionist's interventions, and the patient's response to the interventions. This process most likely reflects which type of charting?

• A) PES notes
• B) PIE notes
• C) IER notes
• D) focus notes
• E) IEP notes

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Definitions:

Dendrites

The branched projections of a neuron that are responsible for conducting the electrical signals toward the cell body.

Synaptic Connections

The points of contact where two neurons communicate with each other, transmitting signals through the release of neurotransmitters.

Brain's Growth

The process of physiological and structural development of the brain, often most rapidly occurring in childhood and adolescence.

Neuronal Pruning

The process by which extra neurons and synaptic connections are eliminated in order to increase the efficiency of neuronal transmissions.