Specialties Cardiac
Published Aug 22, 2013
NurseyB
19 Posts
I am a fairly new RN, having worked just under a year on a telemetry unit. Recently, my unit was re-designated as progressive care. Whenever people ask me what that means, I say "too sick for med-surg, not sick enough for ICU". Is this an accurate assessment? Anyone working on a PCU have any knowledge to share? I'm afraid that "progressive care" is just another term for psych unit/dumping ground!
turnforthenurse, MSN, NP
3,364 Posts
That's how I always described it to my patients, also like an ICU step-down. They seemed to understand.
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