MoodyButt

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1. Faxed Patient Report Form

   MoodyButt replied to MoodyButt's topic in Emergency

   Would you be interested in sharing your transfer form?

2. Faxed Patient Report Form

   MoodyButt posted a topic in Emergency

   We are considering faxed patient reports to inpatient units. Anyone want to give advise on this, pro's, con's, what your policy is? Anyone have a form they are willing to share? Thanks in advance.

3. Self Triage

   MoodyButt replied to MoodyButt's topic in Emergency

   The patient will still be triaged by a RN prior to registration/physician, assigning a triage priority 1 - 5. It's just we are looking at letting the patient decide which triage area they will start. We will not be sending them elsewhere, our Fast ...

4. Self Triage

   MoodyButt replied to MoodyButt's topic in Emergency

   We are locked for space. The front has just been remodeled, with the 3 triage areas. We are currently looking at plans for our new ED, to hopefully be opened in 2008 with approx. 100 beds. This is something we are just tossing around to help for t...

5. Self Triage

   MoodyButt replied to MoodyButt's topic in Emergency

   The idea that was given to me this morning was, as patients enter the ED, there will be a sign stating ( something like this): Patient who are here with coughs, colds, sprains, strains, earaches, minor complaints may be seen in FT, with directions t...

6. Self Triage

   MoodyButt posted a topic in Emergency

   We are considering Self Triage for patients for our Fast Track. Do any of you do this? Care to share any ideas on starting this? Really need some feedback please. Thank, Mary

7. Drug Seeker Stories

   MoodyButt replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

   After 21 years in the ER, last 17 in a Level 1, I now work totally in our Fast Track section, which I refer to as "CandyLand". A typical day: Patient #1: I was opening my bottle of Tylox, and spilled them on the floor, my wife was vacumming and suc...

8. Daughter wants to go into Forensic Pathology ...

   MoodyButt replied to RNPATL's topic in Forensic

   Was reading the postings. Seeing the original post was from NC, just a thought. Has your daughter looked at Duke? They have a Pathology Assistant program, that focuses on forensics.