Level 4: Urgent Care
The patient is in a highly unstable and unpredictable condition either
related to their primary problem or an exacerbation of other related factors.
Nursing Theme 5 - Medication
- Pain management
- Intrathecal analgesia
- Drug infusions that require continuous intensive monitoring, for example vasoactive drugs (amiodarone, inotropes, GTN) or potassium, magnesium
- Unstable patient requiring medication regime requiring frequent changes