tamc1968

Moody, I don't mind getting a copy of a report from the ER for you but how will I get it to you?

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that St. Joseph's website is www.sjhsyr.org. I am an ED nurse there and have been there for 5 years. They are really great to work for. Good luck!

I think this works for us because our transfer form is quite detailed but not so much that it takes a lot of time. We do call the floor and the secretary notifies the pts. nurse that the fax has just been confirmed. The floor nurse takes a look at the faxed transfer,orders and bedside sheets and accepts the pt. or calls the ED to speak with the nurse to ask questions or to request a delay in transferring the pt. This allows time for questions to be answered and in the last year I have not heard of any inappropriate admissions. I hope this is helping!

We have been using fax reports for about a year now and I have to say it has worked quite well. We fax, confirm the floor got the fax and 15 minutes later the pt. goes to the floor. It is much better than calling the floor and waiting for the nurse to get to the phone which sometimes doesn't happen for a long time. We fax a transfer form , admit orders, triage sheet and bedside nursing records.