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.
The quality of care should be the same whether the Medicare patient is placed in observation or admitted as an inpatient. It is the difference in cost that is important to the patient. What an inpatient admission costs your patient. The patient will pay $812 (per benefit period) plus 20% of the Medicare-allowed amount. If hospitalized for more than 60 straight days, the amount the patient will pay increases.