IMPLEMENTATION OF PATIENT CATEGORIZATION MODEL BASED ON THEIR NEED FOR MEDICAL CARE AS AN INDICATOR OF EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF NURSING CLINICAL PRACTICE
Th e history of patient categorization depending on the amount of care provided dates back to 1863 when Florence Nightingale used an informal classifi cation method refl ecting nursing workload. For the most diffi cult patients, open units were located closest to the offi ce of the main nurse in order to facilitate their observation. On the other hand, self-care patients were mainly accommodated at the far end of the department, which refl ected their reduced dependence on nurses (1). IMPLEMENTATION OF PATIENT CATEGORIZATION MODEL BASED ON THEIR NEED FOR MEDICAL CARE AS AN INDICATOR OF EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF NURSING CLINICAL PRACTICE