Category: Emergency Department

  • Healthcare Database for Reducing Patient Stay in the Emergency Department

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Summary Reference Introduction The health care sector is in need of reducing patients prolonged stays in emergency departments. As a result, it is crucial to develop an efficient system for predicting the length of patients stay and, consequently, decreasing its duration. Overall, the productive solution should be an analysis…

  • Unnecessary Emergency Department Admissions

    In the selected scenario, there is a challenge concerned with nursing home patients being sent to an Emergency Department when there is no need for them to go. Such an issue complicates the work of a hospital team that has to deal with incoming patients whose health concerns could have been handled outside the ED…

  • Practicing Nurses in Emergency Departments

    Advanced practicing nurses (APNs) play a significant role in medical care in all hospital units. Indeed, they participate in treating patients with a wide range of conditions, including traumas, falls, and advanced-degree pressure ulcers. Falls and concussions are among the most common causes of visiting emergency departments (ED) among the elderly (Blackmore et al., 2019).…

  • Pressure Ulcer Treatment in Emergency Department

    Table of Contents Definition Epidemiology Clinical Presentation Complications Diagnosis Conclusion References The risk of developing pressure ulcers both in intensive care units and in usual hospital settings predetermined the need to find solutions to this nursing problem. The possibilities of modern medicine make it possible to competently approach the struggle against ulcers, and in many…

  • Pressure Ulcer Protocol in the Emergency Department

    PICOT Question In patients that are identified as high risk for developing a pressure ulcer (P), does the implementation of a pressure ulcer protocol initiated in the emergency department (I) as compared to patients who receive usual care (C), reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (O) on day 3 of hospitalization (T)? The PICOT…

  • Increased Suicide in Emergency Departments

    Ranking among the top 10 leading causes of death, suicide is a significant health concern in the US. Research has established that individuals who access Emergency Department EDs present deliberate self-harm symptoms and record the highest rates of suicide. Various literature gives extensive findings on the contributors to the high suicide-risk factors in EDs. Healthcare…

  • Cutting Unnecessary Usage of Emergency Rooms

    Table of Contents Introduction Short-Term Solutions Long-term Solutions Conclusion References Introduction Most emergency rooms (ERs) in the US are in a quandary. They are witnessing a high number of patients which explains why issues of delays and diversions are more common. According to Moskop et al. (2019), most of the emergency rooms are overloaded beyond…

  • Stress Influence in Emergency Nursing

    Table of Contents The Article Review The Significance of the Article in Nursing Practice Ethical Considerations References The Article Review Bragard, Dupuis, & Fleet (2015) conducted a qualitative review in which they analyzed the influence that stress has on nurses working in emergency departments (EDs) and methods to cope with it. Working in EDs is…

  • Emergency Room Wait Time: Literature Review

    Khankehs Study Citation Khankeh, H., Khorasani-Zavareh, D., Azizi-Naghdloo, F., & Hoseini, M. (2013). Triage effect on the wait time of receiving treatment services and patients satisfaction in the emergency department: Example from Iran. Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 18(1), 79-83. Type of Study, Design Type, Framework/Theory Type of Study: quantitative research. Design Type: quasi-experimental…

  • Nurse Staffing Ratios in the Emergency Department

    Table of Contents Abstract Background Research method Research hypothesis Statistical analysis Expected results References Abstract The study investigates the relationship between nurse staffing ratios to patient outcomes in Emergency Departments. I will approach 54 registered nurses who are employed in different health care organizations and educational facilities. The study will adopt the descriptive correlation, grounded…