seniorwvnurse

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1. Triage at the bedside

   seniorwvnurse replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for the reply. We are experiencing patient surges that do not correspond to the available nurses. we have tracked our patterns of patient visits and tried to adjust our staffing patterns but very often we are just overwhelmed. I think it is a ...

2. Triage at the bedside

   seniorwvnurse replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in Emergency

   We have had no policy change and are talking about this now. We are going to trial the process by starting just the bedside triage and registration by the RN of ambulance patients for now. It is not too different from what we are already doing. We wi...

3. Triage at the bedside

   seniorwvnurse replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in Emergency

   We are now talking about bedside registration to see if it will work for us. I have read the posts from the past year and understand that communication is key. What about actual numbers of staff to man the ED and staff it for the very busy days. I wo...