Average weekly hours: Average weekly hours worked for a full time Registered Nurse is 35.6 hours Employment by region: The top three regions for employment as a Registered Nurse include: NSW: 31.4%. VIC: 24.0%. QLD: 22.6%.
The severity of the patientâs illness and the intensity of services to be provided should justify the need for an acute level of care. An inpatient admission solely because the patient has been kept in observation status over 23 hours would not be considered medically necessary.
Medicare coverage for observation services requires at l. 48 hours unless the fiscal intermediary gr. starts with the nurseâs note reflecting in. sign-off of the discharge order and when all clinical. An outpatient observation patient may be. requires an inpatient level of care. â¢ Hospitals can convert and bill an. utilization review committee determines. would have been more appropriate. physicianâs concurrence and status change mu. â¢ Services that do not qualify for outpat. recovery after diagnostic testing, cert.