title: Mental health acuity system. The measure of nursing practice.
abstract: As the mental health unit continues working with the acuity system, areas within the system can be improved, such as simplifying the number of behavioral emergencies and decreasing any overlap of behavioral categories. As the supervisor anticipates "fine-tuning" the system, the process of obtaining feedback from the majority of nursing staff on the unit and involving the senior staff nurses as a group in any revisions will be repeated. The sense of the mental health acuity system at St. Francis Hospital is that it reflects all the intricacies of the work that the mental health staff perform. This validity needs to be maintained throughout any revisions because it is integral to continuing the excellence of the system. The mental health staff knows best the work that they perform daily and this acuity system validates the quality and quantity of the care.
mesh_terms: D003419:Crisis Intervention; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010343:Patient Admission