BOARDING PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 1 Boarding Patients in the Emergency Department Lauren Wiese University of Scranton BOARDING PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 2 Abstract A patient who is boarded is one who remains in the emergency department even after they have been admitted to the hospital. Boarding patients in the emergency department has become a problem for many hospitals in America today. It has affected the health and safety of patients and staff
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Critique Qualitative Research Article University of Detroit Mercy/McAuley School of Nursing HLH 550: Research Methods Critique Qualitative Research Article Detailed questions A. How does the researcher identify the study approach? What is it? The researchers identifies the study approach by using gender to explore depression. 1. Are language and concepts consistent with the approach? How? The language and concepts are consistent with the approach.
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Impacts of Twelve Hour vs. Eight Hour Shifts on Patient Safety Impacts of Twelve Hour Shifts vs. Eight Hour Shifts on Patient Safety Nurses usually work twelve hour shifts and it has become a common policy of shift rotation in majority of hospitals and other health-care facilities in United States and it is also being followed in several countries all over the world. When compared‚ there are several advantages and disadvantages for the patients and also for the nurses
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able to work 12-hour shifts? Would you take the risks of having someone’s life be on your hands? What about dealing with the victim’s family? Are you able to keep calm and make fast decisions? If you are then an Emergency Room Physician is the best job for you. Emergency Room Physicians get paid a lot of money and they get to make up their own working schedules. Besides their off time is their own‚ and they don’t have to be on call like other doctors may be. Becoming an Emergency Room Physician is a
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Emergency Care Nursing Emergency rooms are known for their long waits and lack of competent staff. Over the past years emergency care departments have revamped their systems in order to correct these flaws. A leading factor in this change is the presence of more nursing staff on the floor of the emergency room. Nurses have gone from having little power when it comes to patient diagnoses‚ to running their own non-life-threatening treatment facilities. Without these men and women emergency care
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First-Year Doctors to Work 24-Hour Shifts‚” authors Gina Kolata and Jan Hoffman explain what the new guideline will entail and how it will affect patients and their families. The new rule will not affect the current standing that residents can work no longer than 80 hours a week. While some people are against the longer shift‚ it may actually be better for patient care. Evidence shows that the shorter shifts did not improve patient care‚ but rather disrupt it when the shift was over. The new guideline
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conducted on the advantages and disadvantages of single-patient rooms in healthcare facilities. (a) Single-patient rooms can cause shorter length of stay for the patients. (b) There is a decrease in infectious bacteria in healthcare facilities with single-patient rooms. (c) Single-patient rooms may increase less disturbance from other patients‚ privacy‚ comfort and provides the patients the ability to regulate their environment. Single-patient rooms are beginning to be popular in healthcare facilities
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an emergency‚ such as a caustic liquid spill‚ Sara‚ the front desk receptionist‚ is responsible for escorting patients from the waiting room along with exam rooms 1 and 6‚ which are closest to the waiting area‚ out of the building. Sara’s group will exit the second floor via the stairs‚ which are located at the front of the waiting room. While every patient is important‚ those who need assistance walking will be assisted first. There are two additional wheel chairs located in the waiting room and
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Strengths • Hospital has grown from 50 beds to 300 beds • Icon hospital in Chicago • Experienced staff‚ low turnover rate • Nurses with master’s degree • Head nurses and assistant head nurses familiar with managerial roles • Management working on improving Emergency Department (ED) flow • People seek medical care at ED Weaknesses • Emergency Department (ED) used as primary care by local residents • ED transfers to clinical units taking more than 15 hours • Patients lying on stretchers
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A few months ago‚ a patient arrived in the emergency room on a stretcher with symptoms of face drooping‚ arm weakness‚ and speech difficulty. The emergency room physician‚ who also specialized in neurology‚ immediately suspected that the patient suffered from a stroke. Stroke occurs when the blood flow to a certain part of the brain is blocked‚ which causes the blood vessels to burst or leak within the brain. This leak of blood in the brain causes nerve cells to die (“What is Stroke?” 1). To confirm
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