What Is the Purpose for Calculating the Admissions, Discharge, and Transfer

question 6

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose for calculating the admissions, discharge, and transfer report?

• A) To determine the number of patients admitted, discharged, and transferred in a facility
• B) To track the length of stay in a facility
• C) To determine the number of patients admitted in facility for a day
• D) To track the number of patients admitted and discharged for a day

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Definitions:

Habituation

the process by which an organism decreases or ceases its response to a stimulus after repeated or prolonged exposure.

Classical Conditioning

The teaching technique where, through the continuous association of two stimuli, a reaction that is initially caused by the second stimuli is later caused by the first stimuli on its own.

Skinner

Refers to B.F. Skinner, an American psychologist known for his work in behaviorism and the development of the theory of operant conditioning.

Tolman

Refers to Edward Chace Tolman, an American psychologist who contributed significantly to the study of learning and cognition through the concept of latent learning and cognitive maps.