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 4 - Cognition and Communication
- Violent and aggressive patient at immediate and significant risk of serious harm to self and/or others, requiring constant supervision from one or more staff for 24 hours a day
- Continuous monitoring of neurological deficit due to risk of rapid deterioration
- Significant risk, which is further compromised by, inability to initiate any communication
- Significant mental health problems, highly unpredictable and requiring constant supervision on a one-to-one basis