Discharge Planning and Transition to Home

Chapter 29 Discharge Planning and Transition to Home




1. Effective transitional planning ensures that the process of care:


A. follows structured protocols.

B. remains coordinated and continuous.

C. is established 1 week before discharge.

D. is relinquished to a competent home care company.

2. Preterm infants in medically stable condition who remain in the hospital at 2 months of age should:


A. not receive vaccines while they remain hospitalized.

B. receive all routinely recommended vaccines appropriate for their corrected age.

C. receive less than the full dose of routinely recommended vaccines based on the infant’s weight.

D. receive all routinely recommended vaccines at the same chronologic age as full-term infants.

3. Which group of infants should undergo a period of observation in a car safety seat before hospital discharge to monitor for possible apnea, bradycardia, or oxygen desaturation?


A. Only those infants with known respiratory compromise

B. All infants born prematurely at less than 35 weeks’ gestation

C. All infants born prematurely at less than 37 weeks’ gestation

D. Infants with a corrected age of less than 40 weeks at discharge

4. An infant born at 27 weeks’ gestation remains in the NICU at 2 months of age with a diagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Which of the following vaccines should be administered?


A. Hepatitis B (HepB), diphtheria/tetanus/acellular pertussis (DTaP), inactivated poliovirus (IPV), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), hepatitis A (HepA)
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