This customizable document, Assessment and Reassessment - Intensive Care Patient, is taken from MCN Healthcare's Provision of Care, Treatment and Services Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry's leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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	POLICY: All patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit ICU shall receive a complete head-to-toe assessment by a qualified individual so that a plan of care can be developed to best meet the needs of patients. ICU NURSING SCOPE OF PRACTICE: All Nursing Services personnel in the ICU shall be qualified by level of licensure and additional critical care certification to perform a complete assessment and reassessments of the patient. A complete assessment shall include physical, psychological and social status, as well as interpretation of cardiac rhythm. The scope and intensity of any further...
Second excerpt:
	...shall be done to determine patient's response to treatment, or if a significant change in the patient diagnosis occurs. All data collected shall be recorded onto the nursing assessment record, and shall be available to all those disciplines involved in the care of the patient. This data shall be used by the multidisciplinary teams to establish the information necessary to provide the most comprehensive plan of care for the patient. Consultation of those disciplines other than...