What kind of patients do you get in a day hospital and a crisis stabilization unit?

mentalhealthRN · Mar 16, 2011

I think every hospital calls its levels of care something different and the ratios are different everywhere. It depends. Are these inpatient units? The large hospital I worked at that seperated into units had one that they called "Psych ICU" technically, but we just called it the general adult unit and that is basically what they got was any adult pt who didn't fit criteria to need MICA. We had a geri-psych unit, the adult unit ("ICU"), a med/psych unit, a MICA unit, a child and an adolescent. The staffing and ratios was no different on that adult unit then any other. Generally any inpatient hospital based psych unit is for acute stabilization of mental health. As far as a day hospital.I am not familiar with that term. Where I am they have partial hospitalization programs. The pts often do these programs after they have been inpatient. They go to the program Mon-Fri all day like 9-5. They get med managment, groups, etc. But they go home each night. For those who don't sill need full inpatient but are not ready to go to just regular outpatient treatment. Hope this info helps.

hunny_cessy · Mar 16, 2011

Hey. Thanks for the info! I was looking at Sheppard Pratt actually...