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Patient Classification System

This document outlines and describes a patient classification system (PCS). It discusses the different levels and categories of PCS and their purposes which include staffing, costing, tracking patient needs, and determining quality. It also covers the characteristics, styles, and measurement of PCS. The goal of a PCS is to quantify nursing care needed and match resources to patient requirements.

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Patient Classification System

This document outlines and describes a patient classification system (PCS). It discusses the different levels and categories of PCS and their purposes which include staffing, costing, tracking patient needs, and determining quality. It also covers the characteristics, styles, and measurement of PCS. The goal of a PCS is to quantify nursing care needed and match resources to patient requirements.

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Out lines :

Introduction
Level of pcs . Categories of pcs . Purpose of the pcs . Characteristics of pcs . Styles of pcs . Measurement of pcs .

Introduction :
A patient classification system, which quantifies the

quality of nursing care , is essential to staffing nursing units of hospitals and nursing homes . In selecting or implementing a pcs , a representative committee of hospital administration , nurse managers, and clinical nurses should be used

Level of patient care classification system for public health nursing service:
Level 1 : Is for clients who require a high degree of

nursing skill. Level 2 : Includes families that need regular public health nursing service . Level 3 : Is for people requiring occasional service. Level 4 : Is for client and families requiring limited public health nursing service .

Categories of patient classification systems :


Category 1 : Self care requiring from 1 to 2 hours per

day . Category 2 : Minimal care requiring from 3 to 4 hours . Category 3 : Intermediate care requiring from 5 to 6 hours . Category 4 : Modified intensive care requiring from 7 to 8 hours . Category 5: Intensive care requiring from 10 to 14 hours

Purposes of the pcs :


1- Staffing : The system will establish a unit of measure for nursing that is ; time which will be used to determine numbers and kinds of staff needed. 2- Program costing and formulation of the nursing budget . 3- Tracking changes patient care needs . 4- Determining values for the productivity equation . 5- Determining quality .

Characteristics of pcs :
1-Differentiate intensity of care among definitive classes . 2- Measure and quantify care to develop a management engineering standard . 3- Match nursing resources to patient care requirements. 4- Relate to time and effort spent on the associated activity .

Be economical and convenient to report and use . Be mutually exclusive , counting no item under more

than one work unit . Be open to audit . Be understood by those who plan , schedule and control the work . Be individually standardized as to the procedures needed for accomplishment. Separate requirements for registered nurses from those of other staff.

Styles of patient classification systems:


1- The descriptive style : The nurse chooses the category that best describes the patient . 2- The check list style : The nurse check the activity level for each patient in each category and total the points for each patient to determine the level of care 3- Time standard or relative value unit systems: In this style one should consider both direct and indirect care

Measurement of pcs :

NCH /PPD = NURSING HOURS WORKED IN 24 HOURS PATIENT CENSUS

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