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UMD BALTIMORE WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER
PATIENT RIGHTS: INFORMED CONSENT
Tag No.: A0131
Based on a review of 1 closed record for patient #1 of 10 records, the hospital failed to give medication education to patient #1.
Patient #1 is a 61-year-old female admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain. A laproscopic cholecystectomy was subsequently performed due to cholecystitis. Patient #1 was hospitalized for twelve days.
Review of the patient record reveals that patient #1 received education for vaccines received while in the hospital, her specific disease process, fall prevention, assessment scale, pain management goals, signs and symptoms of infection, and incentive spirometry. However, no medication education is in patient #1's record. The hospital failed to offer patient #1 medication education