Do you have this in the US?

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Hi! I´m a nurse in Sweden (small country in Scandinavia for those who dont know :))and I work in an emergency care ward. I was wondering if you have that in the US too? Its a ward were the patients stay for a maximum of 3 days and we get patients from many areas (med/surg, neuro, pulmonary, ortho, urology, infections diseases...) with all kinds of problems.

Almost all larger hospitals in Sweden have a ward like this. Do you hae something similar in the US?

(Sorry for my not so good english)

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Specializes in Home Care, Hospice, OB.

your english is just fine!! (much better than my french or german!)

:clphnds:

the large trauma hospital i worked for in orlando, florida (where the big disney theme parks are, and a lot of international tourists) had a "23 hour" hold unit. most insurance companies and the government funded programs for the elderly and poor consider anything longer to be a hospital "admission". the 23 hour holds are considered a outpatient emergency department visit.

otherwise, many hospital stays in the us are short--3 days is common for surgeries. you have to be really, really sick to stay in the hospital very long.

valkomnande till all nurses!:specs:

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I don't think we have anything like that.

Like the above poster stated, most hospital stays are less than 3 days; there isn't a unit that limits the stay based on the type of that unit.

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Specializes in SICU, EMS, Home Health, School Nursing.
your english is just fine!! (much better than my french or german!)

:clphnds:

the large trauma hospital i worked for in orlando, florida (where the big disney theme parks are, and a lot of international tourists) had a "23 hour" hold unit. most insurance companies and the government funded programs for the elderly and poor consider anything longer to be a hospital "admission". the 23 hour holds are considered a outpatient emergency department visit.

otherwise, many hospital stays in the us are short--3 days is common for surgeries. you have to be really, really sick to stay in the hospital very long.

valkomnande till all nurses!:specs:

we have 23 hour patients too, but we don't have a specific unit that the go to. we call them observation patients and they go to the whichever area of the hospital that has beds and fits their needs. occasionally we will get observation patients on our step down unit if they want us to carefully monitor their heart rhythms and things that a general floor can't do.

we used to have an area at our hospital that was kinda like a holding unit where they kept patients until a bed would open in the hospital... it earned some interesting nicknames in the short time it was open.

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We have a unit like that called CDU (Clinical Decision Unit). It started out as a full time 23 hour observation unit. Now, it's only open when the units are full and as a last resort before diversion. They staff with float pool nurses on call.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

We have an "intermediate care unit" in the ER where patients are held if it's going to be a long wait for a bed on the units. Usually the stay is only 12-24 hours.

I've always been impressed with the Swedes and their ability to speak and write English.

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Specializes in orthopedics, ED observation.

Our CDU (Can't Decide Unit :specs:) has changed into a "Short Stay/ Tele unit" But, the patient population still seems to be those who are waiting on testing before an admit, waiting for a bed on another unit, and other short stay situations w/ a huge variety of diagnosises. But, even on the joint (total hip/ total knee) replacement unit they are out the door in three days!

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

:spnngwlcm:

Some hospitals here in the US have what can be called a short-stay unit or clinical decision unit.

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