What do you folks think of this?

Liddle Noodnik · Oct 13, 2003

Originally posted by Pamela_g_c

Pam, try it again? It didn't work ...

MrsWampthang, BSN, RN · Oct 13, 2003

Hospital turning ER care on its ear1.html

MrsWampthang, BSN, RN · Oct 13, 2003

Still didn't get it right! Foooey!

MrsWampthang, BSN, RN · Oct 13, 2003

http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/2/081663-8372-031.html

Again, what do you all think of this? :confused:

MrsWampthang, BSN, RN · Oct 13, 2003

http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/2/081663-8372-031.html

Just wanted to know what you folks think about this hospital. :confused:

Pam

Coldfoot · Oct 13, 2003

Hmm, sounds like a nice idea on paper but and might work with 150 pt's a day. What happens when thier cencus doubles? How about the biligerant family members? The mother with 18 kids who brings in her husband with a seriouse problem? The first time someone gets D/C'd and a seriouse problem is misssed the lawyers are going to have a field day.

Just my opinion:rolleyes:

wayover20 · Oct 27, 2003

WOW!!! That's awesome if you can do it! I work at a 25 bed inner city ER that sees 2700 average per month. We had one of our wall mounted oto/optalmo scopes stolen in broad daylight. We once found a patient packing our blankets in a cardboard box she found in our stock room, ready to steal them. We once had a band of gypsys (no kidding) bring the matron in for care, and ended up stealing 12 chairs from the waiting room! Someone recently took the phone from our private family room reserved for familys of dying or dead pts. I shudder to think what would happen if these types of people were put in their own private room with phone and TV.

BBFRN, BSN, PhD · Oct 27, 2003

Hmmm...as a floor nurse who receives patients from the ER, I feel really sorry for the floor/unit nurses in that hospital! I wonder how much pressure is on them to get those patients up to the floors when the rooms are full, the patients have to be seen within 30 minutes, AND there's no waiting room- yuck. And where do you tell the patient's 800 or so family members to go when they're in your way? Outside?

Katnip, RN · Oct 27, 2003

Spending money on waterfalls.

And when you have 35 rooms full, what do you do with the other 75 patients who are wanting to be seen?

I've seen as many as 100 patients in our ED waiting room. If I didn't have a place to go to get away from patients, such as a nurse's station, for even 5 minutes, I'd go batty.

Trauma Columnist · Oct 27, 2003

This works for their current capacity, but what about next year or two years down the road. I too work in the midwest - our level one trauma center sees 63,000/years and we are also trying the concept, but obviously aren't having the same success - maybe with our new ER>)

kastas, BSN, RN · Oct 27, 2003

I am also thinking of the poor floor nurses. How much pressure they must feel to get these pt's moved up to rooms. What do they do when their rooms are full also?