N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-6.37 - Burn Care Units (BCU)

(a) The functions included in the Burn Care Units (BCU) cost center are as follows:

1. Burn Care Units provide care to severely burned patients that are of a more intensive nature than the usual acute nursing care provided in medical-surgical units. Burn Care Units shall be staffed with specially trained nursing personnel and contain specialized support equipment for burn patients who require intensified, comprehensive observation and care. Burn Care Units shall include only the costs and revenues associated with services to burn patients in a unit solely designated for this purpose. Burn patients not in a unit solely designated for this purpose shall be reported in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) center.

2. Functions shall include the following: serving and feeding of patients; collecting of sputum, urine and feces samples; monitoring of vital signs; operating specialized equipment related to this function; preparing of equipment and assisting of physicians during patient examination and treatment; changing dressings and cleansing wounds and incisions; observing and recording emotional stability of patients; assisting in bathing patients and helping into and out of beds; observing patients for reaction to drugs; administering specified medications; infusing intravenous fluids; answering of patients' call signals; and keeping patients' rooms (personal effects) in order.

(b) Units of Service: Patients (Admissions and Transfers In) and Patient Days.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-6.37

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.39 and amended by R.2000 d.29, effective 1/18/2000.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 3151(a), 32 New Jersey Register 276(a).
In (a), substituted "included in the Burn Care Units (BCU) cost center" for "of Burn Care Units (BCU)" in the introductory paragraph. Former N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.37, Pediatric Acute Care Units (PED), recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.35.