background: long wait time interval in emergency department (ed) of hospitals, from the patients’ point of view in ed is a major problem causing patients’ dissatisfaction and may result increasing in patient morbidity and indirectly nurses dissatisfaction. evaluation of wait time intervals in ed and giving nursing feedback may improve the quality of services, as well as patient satisfaction. th...

Introduction: An effective response to CBRNE requires that frontline staff, such as nurses, are adequately trained in Emergency Preparedness (EP). Understanding the current gaps nursing knowledge of is first step creating an training program. This study assessed EP and needs among staff. Method: A web-based survey was distributed all hospital The evaluated nurses received. Staff listed types th...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify performance indicators thought to reflect the quality of patient care in the emergency department. METHODS A three round accelerated Expert Delphi study was conducted by email or fax. A panel of 33 experts drawn from the fields of emergency medicine, emergency nursing, professional service users, and patients were consulted. Participants were i...

objective: triage procedure is one of the most important aspects of emergency departments as it has an undeniable role on the management of patients. it includes 5 categories based on the emergency severity index (esi) according to the condition of severity. for better decision making and management, it is important to have skillful and experienced nursing staff. in the current study, we aimed ...

BACKGROUND Osteoporotic fractures result in increased health care use. Care following fracture has been characterized for community dwellers but not for nursing home residents, whose fracture rates are as much as 11 times higher than those of age-matched community dwellers. Knowing the amount of care following fracture may help determine the effects of fracture prevention on use and costs in th...