Our ED sees about 32,000 a year with medium-low acuity (no trauma, STEMIs, Brain attacks, unless come POV), and we rarely board patients. In our state, maintaining an art line is an advisory statement, and must have documented competency for the RN. RNs in the larger facilities do this all the time, and there is a validation, however some of the local small hospitals do not start art lines in the ED.
I'm wondering what is happening around the country/world for similar sized EDs.
In that situation where it just causes you more work, I can see your frustration. It's really a delay in care. All of that chasing should happen in the ICU, or they should just let your docs do it.
Thanks for your response!
You mean all that should happen in the ER right? Cuz all it does is cause problems in ICU. There are no docs hanging around in there.:uhoh21:
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You mean all that should happen in the ER right? Cuz all it does is cause problems in ICU. There are no docs hanging around in there.:uhoh21: