twright

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1. How many visitors in the ED?

   twright posted a topic in Emergency

   I am looking for visitor policies or guidelines that are used in your emergency departments. We are currently being asked to relook at our visitation guidelines. Over the years we have gone trough many different phases from one only to open door. We ...

2. Triage in the ED

   twright replied to Horton's topic in Emergency

   Triage means "to sort" so you are correct when you say it is used to priortorize the order in which patients are seen by their acuity as well as other factors. The plan of care is the responsibility of the RN/MD collaboratively in most ED's. After yo...

3. ER Arm Bands

   twright replied to debx's topic in Emergency

   In our ER our crosstrained unit sec/admissions counselor's should apply the braclet when the patient registration is complete. That said, it is the ER Nurse that is responsible for the patient that is accountable for making sure they have the braclet...

4. Charting

   twright replied to mercRN's topic in Emergency

   Hi, We use manual charting at present but have just been given the go ahead to purchase IBEX. Do you have any words of wisdom to share about it?

5. Major Mistake?

   twright replied to huggietoes's topic in Emergency

   Don't give up. Emergency Nursing is one of the most exciting and autonomous careers out there. You never know what type injury/illness is coming through your door. Just because you don't write it down at this point don't stop doing those assessments....

6. # of ED Visits Per Year ?

   twright replied to Zee_RN's topic in Emergency

   Togehter the Adult ETC and the Children's Emergency Center (CEC) see about 82,500 visits each year. Our hospital has over 600 licensed beds and we are under construction right now.