Level 2: Care Pathways

The patient has a clearly defined problem but there may be a small number of additional factors that affect how treatment is provided.

Nursing Theme 3 - Personal Care, Nutrition and Hydration

  • Enabling, assistance or prompting with varying degrees of support for some activities of daily living
  • Pressure area care 4 hourly, including skin bundle
  • Assistance with feeding or routine PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) / NGT (Nasogastric Tube)
  • Daily wound dressings taking up to 20 minutes to complete
  • Catheter care and monitoring fluid balance