ED Nursing articles from February 2007

ED Nursing archives from February 2007

Abdominal pain is often misdiagnosed in the ED: Take steps to protect patients.(emergency department)
February 1, 2007... Abdominal pain is often misdiagnosed in the ED: Take steps to protect patients Complaint may be much more serious than it seems Gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. Cancer. Myocardial infarction (MI). Constipation. These are just some of the...

Make your most common ED nursing tasks mobile.(Emergency Department)
February 1, 2007... Make your most common ED nursing tasks mobile Patients and nurses are happier with mobile systems It's a common source of frustration in many EDs: leaving patients in the waiting room until a "specialty" room is available, or placing...

Cut LOS for your patients who don't speak English.(Length of stay )
February 1, 2007... Cut LOS for your patients who don't speak English Immediate contact is 'tremendous anxiety reducer' (Editor's note: This is the first story in a two-part series on caring for non-English-speaking patients in the ED. This month, we give...

Pediatric Corner: Obese children at risk for wrong weight estimation.(Clinical report)
February 1, 2007... Obese children at risk for wrong weight estimation Tool accurately predicts endotracheal tube size Many emergency nurses routinely use the color-coded Broselow Pediatric Emergency tape to obtain medication dosages for pediatric...

ED nurses check off tasks when JCAHO comes.(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)(emergency department)
February 1, 2007... ED nurses check off tasks when JCAHO comes Surveyors scrutinized medication practices The minute you learn that accreditation surveyors are on site, you probably have a "wish list" of tasks that should be done immediately. At...

Journal Review.(effects of patient education on self-reports of pain)(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... Marco CA, Marco AP, Plewa MC, et al. The verbal numeric pain scale: Effects of patient education on self-reports of pain.Acad Emerg Med 2006; 13:853-859. When ED patients watched an educational video or read a brochure about pain...

Tip of the Month: Give patients an extra thank you after a long wait.(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... Give patients an extra thank you after a long wait Long waits are the most common cause of patient complaints in many EDs, so why not give patients a special "thank you" when wait times are long? ED nurses at Vanderbilt University...

A FREE white paper for you.
February 1, 2007... A FREE white paper for you AHC Media appreciates the faith you have placed in us to provide you with practical, authoritative information. As a token of our gratitude for your support, we would like to provide you with the free white...

CNE objectives/questions.
February 1, 2007... CNE objectives/questions Participants who complete this activity will be able to: *identify clinical, regulatory, or social issues relating to ED nursing; *describe how those issues affect nursing service delivery; *integrate...