Harbor:Right level of care
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These are meant to be representative of minimum levels of care that can provide said services and should NOT replace clinical judgmentFile:1 - Right Level of Care Flowchart final 2018 tabloid view.pdf
Observation[1]
- Goal of our observation/Short Stay is admission avoidance
- All Placement patients should go here unless explicitly instructed by the OBS attending to admit due to specific needs
Ward[2]
- Unmonitored
- Stable Patients
- Nursing interventions q4 hrs (vitals, labs, POC testing)
- Nursing ratio 1:5
- Chronic CPAP or Nasal BiPAP (with pulm fellow approval)
- Palliative/comfort care admissions, including vented comfort care patients
- OK on ward: NG tube, chest tube, peritoneal dialysis
- Meds: Ativan IV q6, Bumex, CaCl, digoxin IV, Dilantin IV, Dilaudid IV, heparin IV, Lasix, potassium IVPB
- FUTURE POSSIBILITY (currently 1 per day when boarding >5 obs patients): DHS empaneled OBS-level patients
Telemetry[3]
- Continuous cardiac and pulse ox monitoring
- Stable patients
- Nursing interventions q4 hrs (vitals, labs, POC testing)
- Nursing ratio 1:4
- Non-titrated IV meds: Adenosine IV, amiodarone IV/gtt, fosphenytoin IV, hydralizine IV, insulin gtt (IVP only for hyperkalemia; DKA patients require a higher level of nursing intervention), labetalol IV, Lovenox IV, metoprolol IV, Precedex, Vasotec IV
PCU/SDU[4]
- Continuous cardiac and pulse ox monitoring
- Nursing interventions q2 hrs (vitals, suctioning, labs, POC testing)
- Non-titrated IV vasoactive drips approved for PCU: Cardizem, Esmolol, NTG gtt
- Respiratory txs q2 hrs
- BiPAP
- Mechanical ventilation with FiO2<40% and infrequent ABG/vent adjustments
- OK: subdural drains, special peritoneal dialysis, procedural sedation
- NOT allowed: temp pacer, active chest pain, significant dysrhythmia or acute ischemic EKG changes, significant pulmonary edema
ICU[5]
- Actively managed ventilators
- Nursing interventions q1 hr (vitals, labs, POC testing)
- Actively titrated Drips: Cardene, Nipride, pentobarbital IV, phenobarbital IV, propofol, tPA, TXA, Versed, vasoactive dose pressors