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This document provides information about a patient classification system used at the Prince Faisal bin Khalid Cardiac Center in Abha, Saudi Arabia. It aims to familiarize nurses with the system and how to calculate patient acuity levels. The system categorizes patients into 4 categories based on their care needs, from minimal care to intensive care. Understanding this system promotes equitable patient assignment for nurses and improves the quality of care. The document references two sources and notifies nurses that a survey will be sent to collect feedback on the presentation.

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Patient Classification System

This document provides information about a patient classification system used at the Prince Faisal bin Khalid Cardiac Center in Abha, Saudi Arabia. It aims to familiarize nurses with the system and how to calculate patient acuity levels. The system categorizes patients into 4 categories based on their care needs, from minimal care to intensive care. Understanding this system promotes equitable patient assignment for nurses and improves the quality of care. The document references two sources and notifies nurses that a survey will be sent to collect feedback on the presentation.

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Prince Faisal bin Khalid Cardiac Center

Abha, Saudi Arabia

Nursing Education
Department

PATIENT CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEM
Objective

 At the end of the presentation, RNs will be


able to:
1. Be familiar with Patient Classification System
and its significance.
2. Have a view of how to calculate PATIENT
ACUITY level.
What is a PATIENT CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEM?
 A means of categorizing patients on the basis
of their care needs.

 Significance:
1. Promotes equitable patient assignment for
nurses.
2. Improve quality of care and patient
outcomes.
3. Improve nurses’ job satisfaction.
PCS Category

 Category 1: Self-care/ Minimal
Care
Convalescing or
•• Convalescing or independent
independent patient.
patient.
•• Patient
Patient requiring
requiring only
only diagnostic
diagnostic studies,
studies, less
less
frequent observations
frequent observations
•• Awaiting
Awaiting elective
elective surgery.
surgery.

 Category 2: Moderate Care
•• Recovering
Recovering from
from immediate
immediate effects
effects of
of a
a serious
serious
illness or operation.
illness or operation.
•• Patients
Patients needing
needing assistance
assistance of
of supervision
supervision in
in
ambulation or performing ADLs.
ambulation or performing ADLs.

 Category 3: Maximum Care
•• Patients
Patients in
in need
need of
of CLOSE
CLOSE ATTENTION
ATTENTION and
and
complete
complete patient
patient care.
care.
•• Require
Require supervision
supervision to
to perform
perform ADLs,
ADLs, frequent
frequent
and complex medications.
and complex medications.

 Category 4: Intensive Care
•• Acutely
Acutely ill
ill patients
patients with
with high
high level
level of
of nurse
nurse
dependency.
dependency.
•• Require
Require intensive
intensive nursing
nursing care
care
•• With
With unstable
unstable condition
condition requiring
requiring frequent
frequent
evaluation
evaluation and
and adjustment
adjustment of
of therapy.
therapy.
American
American Nurse
Nurse Today
Today Volume
Volume 9,
9, Number
Number 3
3 (2014)
(2014)
References
1. file:///C:/Users/DELL/Downloads/40519854-Patient-Classification-System.pdf
2. Kidd, M. et al. (2014). A new patient-acuity tool promotes equitable nurse patient
assignments. American Nurse Today Volume 9, Number 3
Questions and Suggestions
will be reviewed by the
NURSE EDUCATION TEAM
through your participation in our
SURVEY MONKEY Feedback Questionnaire.
Link will be sent through your Whatsapp.
Jazakallahu Khair!!!

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