amandagbrink

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1. new to the ER with a question for you experts :)

   amandagbrink replied to instanthuman's topic in Emergency

   This has happened at my hospital. We've had to take post-op patients back in the ED because there weren't any rooms for them to go to. This article articulates the EMTALA side of this problem well. Probably something administrators will ignore unt...

2. Fall risk score for Peds?

   amandagbrink posted a topic in Emergency

   Does anyone else have to chart fall risk scores on their pediatric ED patients? To me this is the height of absurdity and regulatory overreach. Toddlers fall a hundred times a day, so do we need to have an intervention plan with an autumn leaf on t...

3. Overflow in the er

   amandagbrink replied to medic978's topic in Emergency

   Spend a little time on this website. The articles and research will give you a little catharsis, and maybe give you some ideas to take to your director. Front page | Hospital crowding and flow

4. Overflow in the er

   amandagbrink replied to medic978's topic in Emergency

   I think I worked in the same ED as you a few years ago. At least it was the same issue with Medhost and Cerner. We were constantly having the same problem with boarding, and no one cared. And now I've heard that hospital is adding a whole new towe...

5. Overflow in the er

   amandagbrink replied to medic978's topic in Emergency

   Great reference list. I've been doing similar research for my MSN and have gone through a lot of those same articles. The problem in most hospitals it seems, is that administrators don't think of boarding as a big deal, or if anything it's just a t...