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A recent study looked at 1,532 children treated in a pediatric ED and found that one in 10 had a medication error. The most common cause of the drug errors were mistakes in dosages. Unlike adults, children receive every single medication calculated on a per-weight basis.
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The ENA Staffing Best Practices Tool and Guidelines enable ED managers to determine the necessary number of direct care full-time equivalents required to provide care to patients seeking emergency care.
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Interventions in the ED can have a significant impact on whether domestic violence victims receive ongoing community-based services, says this study from State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Here are vital management tips you must know to address growing caseloads from five top club drugs - MDMA, ketamine, 2C-T-7, GHB, and dextromethorphan.
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If congestive heart failure is misdiagnosed in your ED and the B-type natriuretic peptide test was not available, you could face increased liability risks, according to some cardiovascular experts.
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The ENA Staffing Best Practices Tool and Guidelines was tested using data from more than 30 volunteer EDs from across the United States with a range of patient volumes and facility types.
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By the time people come to case managers for geriatric care management, they already have dealt with the system and have a lot of frustrations and misinformation.
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When an elderly person can no longer live at home without assistance, it helps if the family can look at all the pros and cons of every scenario, Elizabeth Bodie Gross, FNP, MBA, CCM suggests.
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Hospital visits by social case management consultants have paid off for Horizon/Mercy of Trenton, NJ, the states largest managed care organization serving the publicly insured.
