Who is supposed to fill out the Daily Inpatient Form, and to whom are questions 4-8 directed?
Although the questions are asked daily, with “notes” recorded to left of the vertical line, questions 4-8 should be completed (finalized) only once. The final response to these questions should be recorded on the final day of the hospital stay – when further data collection is not possible. The attending > fellow > senior resident / Nurse Practitioner> intern should answer this question once. The hypothesis that we will test is: once the parent and the attending physician think the child has improved, he/she will not regress clinically.
