Service Area

Nursing Levels

A1

Basic Services

A2

Extended Services

A3

Special Services

Classification Characteristics

Personal Hygiene

All patients who are not assigned to A2 or A3

2/1

3/1

Help with predominantly independent personal hygiene

Predominantly or total assumption of personal hygiene

Diet

2/2

3/2

Food preparations or tube feeding

Ingestion aid

Expulsion

2/31

3/3

Support for controlled urination or evacuation

Care for uncontrolled urination or evacuation

2/32

Care for frequent vomiting

2/33

Drain or change catheter or colostomy bag

Movement and Position

2/41

3/4

Help when standing up and walking

Frequent (every two to four hours) positioning or mobilizing

2/42

Simple positioning and mobilizing