🚨🚨 *WHAT IS PRIORITIZATION?* *PRIORITIZATION IS THE PROCESS OF DECISION MAKING IN WHICH THE NURSE DECIDE WHO NEED TO BE SEEN FIRST OR WHAT TO DO FIRST IN A SITUATION* 🔵 *THERE ARE SEVERAL CRITERIA IN PRIORITIZATION, CAN WE MENTION SOME🤔🤔?* ▶️▶️ *PRIORITIZATION IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA* ▶️ *ABC's — AIRWAY BREATHING AND CIRCULATION.* *WHEN USING THIS CRITERIA, THE PATIENT WITH AN AIRWAY PROBLEM BECOMES YOUR PRIORITY* *WE ALSO USE THE MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, SO IN THIS SITUATION A PATIENT WITH A PHYSIOLOGICAL NEED BECOME A PRIORITY*✍️ 🔵 *ANOTHER CRITERIA IS THE "NURSING PROCESS" APPROACH IN PRIORITIZATION.* *IN THIS CASE, ASSESSMENT BECOME YOUR PRIORITY* *NOTE: YOU MUST ALWAYS CHECK THE QUESTION VERY WELL, IF THE PATIENT HAS NOT BEEN ASSESSED, ASSESSMENT IS LIKELY THE ANSWER. HOWEVER, IF THEY HAVE ASSESSED IN THE QUESTION, YOU SHOULD KNOW ASSESSMENT WONT BE YOUR ANSWER AGAIN... DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS OR I SHOULD EXPLAIN FURTHER?* *OTHER CRITERION INCLUDES "ACUTE OR LIFE THREATENING VS CHRONIC OR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING" APPROACH.* *A PATIENT IN AN ACUTE HEALTH CONDITION IS SEEN FIRST BEFORE A PATIENT WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION IRRESPECTIVE OF THE HEALTH CONDITION* 🔵 *DO YOU KNOW A CHRONIC CONDITION CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING 🤔THUS, BECOMING OUR PRIORITY✍️ .* *THIS IS WHERE WE APPLY MODIFYING FACTORS*🙌 ▶️ *EXPECTED VS UNEXPECTED SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASE CONDITION* *ANOTHER MODIFYING FACTOR IS "THE STABLE VS UNSTABLE CRITERIA". *IN THIS CASE, THE UNSTABLE PATIENT BECOME YOUR PRIORITY* *CAN WE MENTION WHAT MAKES A PATIENT UNSTABLE?* *ACCORDING TO MARK KLIMEK, THERE ARE WORDS YOU SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR IN YOUR OPTIONS WHICH MAKE A PATIENT AN UNSTABLE PATIENT*✍️ ▶️ *ACUTE ILLNESS* ▶️ *POST OP OF LESS THAN 12HOURS* ▶️ *GENERAL ANAESTHESIA WITHIN THIS FIRST 12HOURS* ▶️ *WORDS LIKE "NOT READY FOR DISCHARGE", NEWLY ADMITTED, NEWLY DIAGNOSED, ADMITTED LESS THAN 24HRS AGO* ▶️ *CHANGE IN ASSESSMENT (SOMETHING NEW* ▶️ *EXPERIENCING THE UNEXPECTED SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE CONDITION