title: Accept or divert?
abstract: Stretching scarce resources is more than a managerial issue. Should you accept the patient to an understaffed ICU or divert him to another facility? The intense "medical utility" controversy focuses on a situation that critical care nurses now face every day.
authors.affiliation: Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Angelucci
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010343:Patient Admission; D010344:Patient Advocacy