Comprehensive care
The NSQHS Standard 5: Comprehensive Care aims to ensure that patients receive comprehensive health care that meets their individual needs, and considers the impact of their health issues on their life and wellbeing. It also aims to ensure that risks of harm for patients during health care are prevented and managed through targeted strategies.
What is comprehensive care?
Comprehensive care is the coordinated delivery of the total health care required or requested by a patient. This care is aligned with the patient’s expressed goals of care and healthcare needs, considers the impact of the patient’s health issues on their life and wellbeing, and is clinically appropriate.
Comprehensive Care Standard
The Comprehensive Care Standard integrates patient care processes to identify patient needs and prevent harm. It includes actions related to falls, pressure injuries, nutrition, mental health, cognitive impairment and end-of-life care.
Criteria includes:
- Clinical governance and quality improvement to support comprehensive care
- Developing the comprehensive care plan
- Minimising patient harm
- Preventing and managing pressure injuries
- Preventing falls and harm from falls
- Nutrition and hydration
- Preventing delirium and managing cognitive impairment
- Predicting, preventing and managing self-harm and suicide
- Predicting, preventing and managing aggression and violence
- Minimising restrictive practices: restraint and seclusion