Published Jan 9, 2011
bnaiya
9 Posts
Busy telemetry med surg floor needs help assigning patients by acuilty and not room number. Help anyone......
soxfan80
51 Posts
Try a few categries, and assign numbers. The higher the number, the greater the acuity. Here's what I could think of....
Stable?
1 Stable rhythm
2 recent rate/rhythm issue
etc
Mental status
1 alert and oriented x3
2 confused
3 sundowns...dementia
Level of Assistance
1 independent
2 min assist
3 max assist
4 frequent use of call bell
Meds
1 Po
2 frequent pain meds, IV abx
3 drips (dilt, lasix, etc)
Thank you for your reply. I will give it a try.
ccatch3306
4 Posts
the only thing i would add is family issues for day shift because that can be a problem and take up lots of time also!!
CCL RN, RN
557 Posts
Central lines, family issues, weight >100kg, and if you have a resident writing orders we should get more points for that too!
Seriously, I bet there are templates available online...
"resident writing orders":