A Ward Attendance is a CARE CONTACT.

A Ward Attendance is an attendance at a WARD by a PATIENT for nursing care, where the PATIENT is not currently admitted to that Health Care Provider. A Ward Attendance should be recorded for only one Nurse or Midwife Contact.

If the attendance is primarily for the purpose of examination or treatment by a doctor it is an Out-Patient Attendance Consultant and not a Ward Attendance.

The care is for the prevention, cure, relief or investigation because of a disease, injury, health problem or other factor affecting their health status and may include one or more Patient Procedures. This includes:

• Disease (physical or mental) confirmed or suspected - inclusive of undiagnosed signs or symptoms
• Injury - inclusive of poisoning - confirmed or suspected
• Health problem e.g. prostheses or graft in situ
• Other factors influencing the health status of non-sick PERSONS e.g.
  • pregnancy
  • sexual and reproductive health (formerly known as family planning)
  • potential donor (ORGAN OR TISSUE DONOR)
  • potential problem requiring prophylactic (preventative) care
  • bereavement or other problem requiring health professional counselling
  • cosmetic surgery
  • other (not listed).

The ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY of the PATIENT can be recorded for the Ward Attendance.

The PATIENT's FIRST ATTENDANCE CODE whether the first in a series or the only attendance should be recorded.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	Ward Attendances