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