ED Nursing articles from September 2006

ED Nursing archives from September 2006

New guidelines will revamp ED nursing care of cardiac patients.
September 1, 2006... New guidelines will revamp ED nursing care of cardiac patients Recommendations require 'change in mindset' If a patient in your ED goes into cardiac arrest, would your goal be to get the defibrillator to the patient as quickly as...

Don't ignore women with atypical STEMI symptoms.(ST-elevation myocardial infarction)
September 1, 2006... Don't ignore women with atypical STEMI symptoms Assess differently based on gender After an elderly white female told ED nurses at Spartanburg (SC) Regional Healthcare System that she had been having abdominal pain for several days,...

Don't miss carbon monoxide poisoning: Screen patients.
September 1, 2006... Don't miss carbon monoxide poisoning: Screen patients Misdiagnoses are common When a group of guests at a motel in Ocean City, MD, were brought to an ED with headaches and nausea, they were treated for food poisoning — but a...

Joint Commission asks about disaster planning.(Survey)
September 1, 2006... Joint Commission asks about disaster planning Surveyors want to know lessons learned Based on the recent experience of a Massachusetts hospital that underwent its accreditation survey, you can expect your ED nurses to be asked about...

Don't miss patients at risk for falling in your ED.(emergency department)
September 1, 2006... Don't miss patients at risk for falling in your ED Different patients are at risk in the ED When ED nurses at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis performed a literature search on fall risk, they were disappointed. "There is not a...

Report will revamp ED care of pediatric patients.
September 1, 2006... Report will revamp ED care of pediatric patients The reports in the Institute of Medicine (IOM)'s The Future of Emergency Care series validate what many ED nurses have known for a long time: Overcrowding, boarding, diversion, long waits to...

Stop errors with bedside reports at change of shift.
September 1, 2006... Stop errors with bedside reports at change of shift Practice keeps nurses and patients informed Dangerous mistakes made by ED nurses often occur during patient "handoffs" at change of shift — and accreditation surveyors will want...

CE Objectives/Questions.
September 1, 2006... CE 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...