clinical decision unit/observation/ short stay?

[ivyleaf]

Has anyone worked in this type of setting?

what dxs do you see the most and what kind of treatments do you find yourself doing a lot (ivs, wound care, tele, etc)?

[NotMyProblem MSN, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN]

You'd see the same type patients here as you would on a typical Med-Surg unti. In these units, the physicians are typically on the about full admission to the hospital versus discharging back home/following on an outpatient basis.

[NotMyProblem MSN, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN]

That's my experience in an acute care hospital. I can only assume that a psych hospital might have some similar set up.

[YoutubeTheNP]

I work in a CDU. We have protocols for diagnoses that we can discharge within 24-48 hours (chest pains, asthma, cellulitis, tia/cva, pneumonia, head injury, bronchitis, DVT/PE, NVD, gastroenteritis) just to name a few. Though there are somethings we take that are off protocol as well; acute appendicitis, cholecystitis, kidney stone that are nontoxic and can go home same day or next day after surgery. It's fun where I work, and very laid back. All the patients are independent. No psych.