1. A PCU has a count of 20 patients at 1 a.m. on September 1 and 30 patients at the same time on September 2. Could the counts have been different if the PCU had taken a census at 12:01 a.m. on both days?
2. Would you accept the different PCUs in the hospital taking censuses at different times as long as each unit is consistent within itself?
3. A patient transferred at 5 p.m. to unit A from unit B is counted in unit A's 12:01 a.m. census as one additional patient present. Would that patient still be included in unit B's 12:01 a.m. census?
4. What term is used to describe a patient who is transferred from one PCU to another within the same facility?
5. On July 1, your community hospital has 124 patients who are staying overnight in their facility. In addition, 231 patients have come in to the hospital for various tests and treatments. Which of these patients would be included in the inpatient census count, the 124 patient~ , the 231 patients, or the 355 patients?