336 W ith hospitals closing and the number of ED patient visits increasing dramatically, patients’ waits are a growing problem. We are now learning that lack of communication from the ED staff during these waits can sometimes be a greater source of patient dissatisfaction than the actual waits themselves. At our rural hospital, we received ED patient complaints several times every month. The co...

10-bed cardiovascular thoracic surgical unit, a 12-bed cardiovascular thoracic intermediate unit, a 9-bed coronary care unit, and a 16-bed intensive care unit. Depending on the number of patients and staffing on the critical care units, critical care nurses floated outside their assigned unit to the emergency room and medical-surgical units. When nurses floated outside critical care areas, prob...

Introduction. To promote the quality of surgical cares in operating room, the potential abilities of professional staff should be developed through studying related majors. In addition, training human powers is one of the important tasks of teaching system and college students are considered as national talents. Although, intelligence is an important factor, motivation is more significant than ...

There is increasing concern in Canada regarding growing pressures on emergency room care. Frequent media reports call attention to overcrowding, lengthy waiting times and the re-routing of ambulances due to the closure of emergency rooms during periods of overcrowding. Much of this information, however, is anecdotal. As such, little is known about patients' experiences in emergency rooms in Can...

A patient with acute anorectal complaints who visits a hospital emergency room often presents a diagnostic challenge because the surgeon on duty is not always experienced in the treatment of anorectal disorders. The article presents the most common anorectal disorders which may be encountered by a surgeon on duty in the hospital emergency room. The leading anal symptoms making the patient visit...

BackgroundThe critical clinical issue arising from the emergency department is increase in nursing vacancy rate. The multifaceted, why nurses may lack capability for an extensive career emergency. A topic requiring urgent attention, as specialty at a crossroads with evolution of increased volume presentations, and amplified burden disease.The problem selection has specific goal mind to shift cu...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether nurse-directed diabetes care reduced preventable diabetes-related urgent care/emergency room visits and hospitalizations in a minority population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Diabetic patients who receive care in a county public health clinic were randomly selected for a Diabetes Managed Care Program (DMCP) in which a specially trained nurse followed detailed tre...

A system to improve the management of emergencies during pregnancy, childbirth, infancy and childhood in a region of The Gambia (Brikama) with a population of approximately 250,000 has been developed.This was accomplished through formal partnership between the Gambian Ministry of Health, the World Health Organisation, Maternal Childhealth Advocacy International and the Advanced Life Support Gro...

Trauma is one of the main causes death and disability in Brazil, requiring immediate adequate care to minimize damage sequelae. The effective performance nursing professional emergency room essential for recovery traumatized patient. research proposes analyze challenges faced by role nurses room, based on scientific literature last five years. qualitative descriptive approach uses integrative r...