New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 52 - HOSPITAL SERVICES MANUAL
Subchapter 6 - FINANCIAL REPORTING PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS
Section 10:52-6.36 - Psychiatric Acute Care Units (PSA)

1. Psychiatric Acute Care Units provide care to patients admitted for diagnosis as well as treatment on the basis of physicians' orders and approved nursing care plans. The units shall be staffed with nursing personnel specially trained to care for the mentally ill, mentally disordered, or other mentally incompetent persons. Psychiatric Acute Care shall include only the costs and revenues associated with services to psychiatric patients in a unit solely designated to the care of the acute mentally ill.

2. All revenues generated from charge differentials between private and semi-private rooms (except those assigned for medical necessity) shall be reported as a reconciling item. Medical and Surgical Supplies should be reported in accordance with 10:52-6.21. Special Services consumed by patients on Psychiatric Acute Care Units shall be reported in the Psychiatric/Psychological Services Center.

3. Functions shall include the following: serving and feeding of patients; collecting of sputum, urine and feces samples; monitoring of vital signs; operating of specialized equipment related to this function; preparing of equipment and assistance of physicians during patient examination and treatment; 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.