Emergency department

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 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

circumstance is over populated areas in the U.S. The impact is tremendously felt in the health care settings of hospitals. Hospitals are having a difficult time accommodating patients. Hospital department leaders, are responsible for management performance in their hospital, there are several reasons why emergency department crowding should be at the head of the hospital improvement efforts. The purpose of this paper is to address those issue. Medical Care Delivery System The United States health care

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

S (situation): Hi, my name Kelsey and I am a nurse in the emergency department. I am calling about Shannon O’Reilly’s most recent laboratory results. B (background): Ms. O’Reilly is 24 years old who came to the emergency in a DKA crisis earlier this morning and has been DM1 since she was 3 years old. A (assessment): Ms. O’Reilly’s vital signs are temperature of 37.5 C, pulse of 112, blood pressure of 102/52, and respirations of 24. Her respirations are still deep but have a regular rhythm. She

During my practicum in the emergency department, I utilised my interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution skills to de-escalate a situation during a busy shift. When asking the patient how I could help her, the patient became verbally aggressive. Expressing displeasure with her nursing care, a lack of communication, the long wait time for medical treatment and not being offered food and drink. I let the patient express her issues, maintaining eye contact, actively listening with an open

Soleimanpour et. al (2011) explained that patient satisfaction is an essential component in the Emergency Department (ED) because it is the entrance for patients to receive their initial treatments. The most important and single possible cause for ED patients’ flow problem is the availability of inpatients beds (Peck et. al, 2012). The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) (2011) explained that the primary cause of ED overcrowding is boarding; which was defined as holding patients in the

1A 12 November 2014 Police Department: Call for an Emergency The University of California, Riverside, is known for its high crime rate. We constantly get notices and emergency warnings about robberies and kidnappings. As students, we walk in fear at night. Whether we live on campus or near campus, the chances of being mugged or sexually assaulted is always a possibility. When a person is afraid, his or her movements are limited. Thus, the existence of a police department on campus can help expand

nationwide problem of crowding in the emergency department. Crowding in the emergency department creates delays in care and has been proven to be most prevalent in urban and teaching hospitals across the country. The authors infer that since the institution of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) in 1986, record numbers of individuals seeking care through the emergency department has skyrocketed. Patients either use the emergency department as the first line of care or the last

arrival to the emergency department. The secondary purpose was to determine whether the level of agitation changed over time depending upon whether the patient was restrained or unrestrained. Method: An observational study enrolling a convenience sample of 100 patients presenting with a psychiatric complaint was planned, in order to obtain 50 chemically and/or physically restrained and 50 unrestrained patients. The study was performed in summer 2004 in a community, inner-city, level 1 emergency department