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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