A nurse is completing an OASIS data set on a patient. The nurse works in which area?
a. Home health
b. Intensive care unit
c. Skilled nursing facility
d. Long-term care facility
ANS: A
Nurses use two different data sets to document the clinical assessments and care provided in the home care setting, the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and the Omaha System. The intensive care unit does not use the OASIS data set. The long-term health care setting includes skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in which patients receive 24-hour day care.
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