Level 5: One-to-One Care
The patient requires at least one to one continuous nursing supervision and observation for 24 hours a day.
Lay Descriptors
- The patient requires at least one-to-one continuous nursing supervision and observation for 24 hours a day
- The patient is highly unstable, unpredictable, in immediate risk of harm, or in serious clinical deterioration
- There may not be a
clearly identified primary problem and the patient’s condition, the care plan,
observations, clinical review, decision making and the work to deliver care, may
include a combination of any or all of the factors described in the lower levels of
care