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.
Because Observation services are by definition outpatient services, placement into observation ought to have been specifically ordered at a time when it was uncertain if an inpatient admission would be necessary (Chapter 1, Section 50.3.2 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual.