Stress, Burnout, and Compassion Fatigue in the Emergency Department Background Nursing is a field that many enter with the intention of helping and providing care to those with mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual needs (Lombardo & Eyre, 2011). Many consider nursing as their calling; yet have not prepared themselves for the emotional and physical implications that come from having interpersonal relationships with families and patients. As nurses care for the ill, traumatized, and vulnerable
The Consequences of the Blue Code Law Enforcement Officers have a unique working environment. That reason is many officers become officers, the changing of scenery every day. One day a Law Enforcement Officer, or LEO, could be patrolling a neighborhood and looking for a suspect. The next day patrolling the highway, pulling over speeding vehicles. With this environment of ever changing ways, the job comes with different requirements and lifestyle, then other careers like a store manager or a bank
Code Blue It was February 16, 2016; when I woke up that morning to get ready for school, I had no idea that this day would end up changing my life. My senior year of high school, I was accepted into a clinical internship class, and today was my first day at a clinical site. For my first clinical rotation I was assigned to the Emergency Room. I left school at 1:05 to go to my clinical site; it was cold outside and the wind was subtlety blowing. I arrived at the Baptist Memorial Hospital at 1:18.
The inpatient unit that I will focus on for my final project the unit is the emergency department (ED). I am focusing on this department because it is the first interaction that we have with the patients, the healthcare providers have to be able to think and act on the spot. The reason that I am choosing to focus on this unit is because it is the starting pathway for most patient that enters the hospital. This unit have a major effect on patient’s experience and outcome of care. The result of their
Emergency Department Bottleneck Proposal Joyan Thomas University of Phoenix Online OPS/HC 571 Patience McGee March 7, 2011 Emergency Department Bottleneck Proposal Introduction Most hospitals experience the affects of the unexpected, ambiguity and uncertainty, and as a result, face challenges with quality. Middletown Hospital is a 200-bed general not-for-profit hospital. The hospital has a 20-bed Emergency Department (ED). It averages 100 patients per day. The CEO of the hospital
On a busy Monday evening in an emergency department, the physician I worked with started to get a history from our 52-year-old male patient who presented asking for a refill on his pain medication. As more information was revealed, we learned that he had run out of his medication two months ago, and had yet to set up an appointment with his primary care physician. The physician then cut the patient off to bluntly inform him that he needed to make an appointment with his primary care physician as
We all have one thing in common, every live being on the face of this earth, a heart and more specifically a heartbeat. It is the one thing simple, yet oh so complex that labels us alive or dead. All our tickers are like silent bombs that have been set and will detonate at a time and place far beyond our knowing. Every stroke and beat is like countdown to an invisible timer we cannot visualize. Is this scary? Well, I guess it depends on our point of view, how we view our lives. Some person suffering
Background Length of stay in the Emergency Department (ED) is one important aspect of healthcare that can affect patient satisfaction as well as the number of patients that can be seen by a physician in a day. Length of stay (LOS) is measured as the time a person spends at the ED between arrival and departure (1). A longer LOS will not only affect patient satisfaction negatively by creating unnecessary frustrations, but can also cause ED overcrowding, leading to poor patient care (2). The number
Emergency management Operation Emergency management operation deals with executive functions that create the framework for managing the community disaster response and recovery plans. It requires proactive, comprehensive, progressive, risk-driven, integrated, collaborative, coordinated, flexible, and professional approaches (Principles of Emergency Management, 2007, p.4). City emergency department is responsible for handling all the emergency response in the city. The department has to put together
Jeff Podeszwa JMU Wild West Rodeo Emergency Action Plan I. Purpose: A. To establish a written document, outlining and explaining procedures during general and specific emergencies. B. Emergencies to be covered: -General Injuries -General Evacuation -Inclement Weather -Sudden Cardiac Arrest -Cervical Spine Injury -Fractures -Shock C. Event Maps and this document will be placed throughout the event area at various locations. II. Emergency Communication: A. Handheld radios will be used as the