Prioritisation

I. Prioritizing - Means ranking the client’s problems in order of importance depending on:

  • Issue of the question

  • Clinical setting

  • Client’s condition

  • Needs/problems that require immediate attention

How to prioritise the patient needs

  1. Priority

  • High priority - life threatening conditions if untreated would result in harm/injury

  • Intermediate priority

  • Low priority

  1. Guides for prioritizing

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Physiological needs (Airway, Breathing, Circulation) and safety have always the first priority

Pain have the nest priority

  1. Other priorities based on condition

  • Most acute/least stable patient.

  • Complication of the disease condition (not an expected outcome)