Level 4: Urgent Care
Nursing Theme 1 - Assessment and Observation
- Instability requiring continuous observation, for example cardiac monitoring,
invasive pressure monitoring, invasive neurological monitoring
- Patient receiving interventions for high NEWS
- Emergency admissions requiring immediate therapeutic intervention
- Patients requiring two-to-one care for 24 hours or one-to-one care for the majority of the day
- Requires ongoing monitoring and observations 1-2 hourly due to unstable and
unpredictable condition
- Cord compression with unstable spine, for example requires log roll