VIOLENCE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: The Need for Increased Security Presenter: Darlene Rose‚ Great South Hospital-Director of Quality ------------------------------------------------- Purpose: To report on Emergency Department violence and describe the need for increased hospital security in the department. INTRODUCTION Lack of security measures compromises the safety of the Great South employees and patients within the Emergency Department; fortunately‚ we can increase security
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An Emergency Department Report dated 12/02/2016‚ stated that the claimant was admitted due to hyperglycemia. He also presented with a dry cough‚ a pain rated at 7/10‚ generalized weakness‚ and polydipsia. His laboratory test revealed a blood glucose level was 861‚ BUN of 30 (high)‚ creatinine of 1.50‚ EGFR of 40 (low)‚ sodium of 129 (low)‚ chloride of 92 (low)‚ and a carbon dioxide of 18 (low). His respiratory rate was 13 breaths per minute. His chest x-ray revealed a normal result. He was diagnosed
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sister and I’s name. Come inside‚ come inside‚ so we thought we were in trouble. So‚ we run inside and we see my brother’s face and it was (descriptive word). We had to go straight to the emergency room. We rushed straight into the car and my mom was driving as fast as she could. All my brother kept saying was his arm hurt. Once we got to the emergency room they rushed my brother in. I still
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The Role of an Emergency Room Nurse The role of an emergency room nurse can be demanding and may require a nurse to use many different nursing skills at certain times to take care of a variety of patients. The main role is the nurse must be skilled in client assessment‚ priority setting‚ critical thinking‚ multitasking‚ and communication. The nurse must be knowledgeable and able to make some decisions independently. The nurse also needs to be able to prioritize so the pts who are at highest
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Carmen Marin Dr. S. Shipley English 1A April 3‚ 2011 Emergency Room In order to evaluate the quality of emergency room care‚ it is essential to understand and define the standards that define high-quality care. My standards for high-quality Emergency Room care include the following: 1) it maintains life. 2) It provides rapid attention to injuries in order to prevent impairment. 3) It is professional and focused on providing maximized attention to the patients’ needs. 4) It includes rapid
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GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS Below is your answer sheet. Please submit only the answer sheet next meeting. 1. A 3- year-old child is hospitalized because of persistent vomiting. A nurse monitors the child closely for A. Diarrhea B. Metabolic acidosis C. Metabolic alkalosis D. Hyperactive bowel sounds 2. A nurse is monitoring for signs of dehydration in a one year old child who has been hospitalized for diarrhea. The nurse prepares to take the child’s temperature and avoids
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Hospital Emergency Room Overload As the name implies‚ the purpose of hospital emergency rooms is to provide quick and expert medical treatment for urgent and life threatening medical problems. The truth of the matter is that patients seek the ER for a variety of illnesses and injuries. They can range from catastrophic to as minor as a young child running his/her first fever. The downfall to this is that those patients who are truly not suffering from life threatening situations are taking
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An ethical dilemma most people think of is ones code status. In my recent experience working in the emergency department‚ I have participated in resuscitating many elderly individuals. Even when their code status says full code‚ their power of attorney is telling us to perform all efforts to save the individual. It puts the physician and staff in a sticky situation in which we have seconds to decide. In all circumstances I have been involved in‚ the physician orders to resuscitate the patient
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it didn’t and instead of that‚ she become even more ill. Her husband become even more worried and without her agreement‚ took her to the hospital to check what’s wrong with her. When they arrived to the hospital‚ they immediately put her in the emergency room. After the examination the doctor told the husband that she got a serious infection and there’s nothing they could do because this infection went all over her body. Every day his wife was feeling weaker and weaker and the doctors tried to do their
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made me certain of what I wanted to pursue. That day consisted of being brought to the Emergency Room by my uncle while he was on call. That day I saw many gruesome things‚ one of those things was one that has remained imprinted in my mind till this day. There was a little girl about the age of seven‚ she had gotten into an accident and had terrible lacerations from a car accident. I waited outside of the room in which she was receiving surgical care. I waited for more than a few hours until I finally
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