ED Nursing articles from July 2005

ED Nursing archives from July 2005

JCAHO's safety goals - Clock is ticking, will your ED be compliant?(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
July 1, 2005... JCAHO's safety goals - Clock is ticking, will your ED be compliant? ED nursing leaders share their secrets for becoming, staying compliant ED nurses will face even greater responsibility for compliance under the 2006 National Patient...

Other 2006 changes will potentially impact EDs.
July 1, 2005... Other 2006 changes will potentially impact EDs While the two new requirements involving hand-offs and medication labeling are the most obvious changes in the 2006 National Patient Safety Goals just released by the Joint Commission on...

JCAHO warns: Look out for surveyor impostors.(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
July 1, 2005... JCAHO warns: Look out for surveyor impostors It's 3 a.m., and a well-dressed man and woman approach the triage nurse with official-looking clipboards in hand. They claim to be surveyors from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of...

Do you delay antibiotics? Patients may be put at risk.
July 1, 2005... Do you delay antibiotics? Patients may be put at risk The diagnosis of meningitis was clear: The one-month-old infant showed classic signs and symptoms. A lumbar puncture was ordered, but antibiotics weren't given until several hours later,...

Learn new ways to treat, monitor septic patients.
July 1, 2005... Learn new ways to treat, monitor septic patients (Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series on care of sepsis patients in the ED. This month, we cover educational strategies for emergency nurses regarding practice changes to...

Pediatric Corner.
July 1, 2005... 6 creative ways to comfort children during procedures An 8-year-old boy with a fractured arm was grimacing in pain when he arrived at the ED at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Nurses quickly learned about his love for dinosaurs, cars, and...

Is it CHF? A new blood test can tell you.(congestive heart failure)
July 1, 2005... Is it CHF? A new blood test can tell you When a patient complains of shortness of breath, congestive heart failure (CHF) may be one of the first things you suspect, but a definitive diagnosis can be difficult. Now a new blood test that...

Are you sedating agitated psychiatric patients safely?
July 1, 2005... Are you sedating agitated psychiatric patients safely? A man walks into your ED screaming at the top of his lungs and waving his arms wildly. It's clear that sedation is needed, but the safety of this patient and the ED staff is very much...

Cost-Saving Tip.(using emergency department clerks to do chart coding for insurance)
July 1, 2005... Save $50,000 and boost morale with 'ED billers' Overworked ED nurses at McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden, UT, were frustrated with spending hours looking through charts to figure out charges for procedures. Charging was the nurse's...

CE Questions.(continuing education on emergency nursing)
July 1, 2005... CE Questions Nurses participate in this continuing education program by reading the issue, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of the issue. Participants should select what they...