Level 5: One-to-One Care
The patient requires at least one to one continuous nursing supervision and observation for 24 hours a day.
Nursing Theme 1 - Assessment and Observation
- Requires one-to-one nursing care constantly over a 24 hour period
- Requires monitoring and supportive therapy for compromise, or collapse of, two or more organs or systems
- Requires close and constant monitoring for a life threatening condition, or an immediate risk to life
- Requires constant observations due to their highly unstable and unpredictable condition