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How would you like to shave thousands of dollars off your ED budget? Develop your own staff-tracking database, recommends Kathy Weil, MS, RN, education coordinator for the ED at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, MD.
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Do you consider that abuse or neglect may be occurring when you care for elderly patients in your ED? According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 33,000 patients older than the age of 60 were treated in EDs over a four-year period for assault-related injuries from elder abuse.
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Here is a sample interview with a possible perpetrator of elder abuse, excerpted from the Elder Abuse Diagnostic and Intervention Protocol at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle:
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ED nurses at Mecosta County General Hospital, a 78-bed hospital in Big Rapids, MI, took quick action when a man came in yelling that his wife, who was still in the car, had been stung by bees and was allergic.
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If a chemical attack occurs in your community, you or another ED nurse may be the one to identify it. Thus, you should have a high index of suspicion for terrorism when triaging or assessing patients.
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Insured patient visits behind ED increase; AHA form available to report problems; Part A deductible rise set for 2004, HHS says; pay raise predicted for new registrars
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As hospitals put procedures in place for the possible reemergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome during the approaching respiratory disease season, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a draft report designed to assist in those efforts.
