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Adult Day Care Unit

Adult Day Care Unit (ADCU) - (Adult Services)

This unit primarily caters to elective day surgery cases, including same-day admission (SDA). Primary patient diagnosis includes breast, ophthalmology, urology, and other general surgical procedures.​

Unit Description: ADCU – Adult Services.
Patient Population: Adult Mixed gender.
Hours of Operation: 24 hours per day / 6 days per week.
No of Beds: 34 Stretchers.
Occupancy Rate: 100%
Staff Categories:
  • Nurse Manager.
  • Clinical Resource Nurse.
  • Nurse Coordinator.
  • Registered Nurses.
  • Patient Care Technician.
  • Patient Educator.

Primary Diagnosis

  • Elective day surgery.
  • Moderate Sedation for Procedures, MRI, CT.
  • Anesthesia blocks for Pain Management.
  • Angio.
  • Rheumatology.
  • Neurology.
  • Nephrology.

Primary Procedures

  • Day Surgery services for the following specialties:
  • General.
  • Neuro.
  • Orthopedic.
  • Urology.
  • Vascular.
  • Ophthalmology.
  • Plastics
  • Dental / Oral Surgery.
  • OB/Gyne.
  • ENT.
  • Anesthesia .
  • Conscious Sedation.
  • Care of patients who had received:
  • Pre and Post-operative Management.
  • IV Insertion and infusions.
  • Oral / Intravenous / Intramuscular Medication and Administration.
  • Intra procedure monitoring for Pain Management, moderate sedation patients.

Model of Nursing Care

Total Patient Care Utilizing a Partnership Model.



Adult Day Care Unit


Unit name

Adult Day Care Unit

Patient population

Adult, Mixed gender

Hours of operation

24 hours per day / 7 days per week

Number of beds

23

Occupancy Rate

60-90%

Staff categories

Registered Nurse

Patient Educator

Patient Escort

Unit Assistant

Primary patient diagnoses

  • Elective day surgery

  • Moderate Sedation for procedures, e.g. MRI, CT

  • Anaesthesia blocks for pain management

  • Infusions for post liver transplant patients

Procedures

Day Surgery services for the following specialties: General, Neuro, Orthopaedic, Urology, Vascular, Ophthalmology, Plastics, Dental/Oral surgery, OB/Gyne, ENT, Anaesthesia, Liver Transplant, Conscious Sedation (Adult).

Care of patients who had received:

  • Pre & Post operative management

  • Pre-liver transplant workup for both donor and recipient

  • IV insertions & infusions

  • Oral/Intravenous/Intramuscular Medication administration

  • Intra procedure monitoring for Pain Management, moderate sedation patients

Nursing care Delivery system

Total Patient Care in a Partnership Model

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9/5/2022 2:02 PM

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