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Empowering Emergency Department Nurses to Obtain Earlier Palliative Care Consults
Session C presented Thursday, September 27, 1:00-2:00 pm Purpose: While the ED staff is trained to save lives, resuscitate and stabilize patients, all too often they are also faced with situations where aggressive care ...
Success with Hourly Rounding in the Emergency Department
Session C presented Thursday, September 27, 1:00-2:00 pm Purpose: There were 32 falls in our Emergency Department in 2016. In addition, there was an average of 22 formal member grievances/month. The objective of the project ...
The effect of critical incident debriefing in the emergency department
Session E presented Friday, September 28, 10:00-11:00 am
Purpose: Emergency Department (ED) nurses and other staff can feel stressed after critical incidents such as the death of a patient, a violent event, or a medical ...
Using the EBP sepsis bundle to decrease ED mortality
(2017-12-04)
Purpose: Sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-coronary intensive care units and the tenth leading cause of death in the United States overall. One in one-hundred eighty five Americans were expected to be ...
Non-pharmacological option for self-administered nausea relief in the pediatric ED: Essential oil blend aromatic inhaler
(2017-12-05)
Poster presentation Session F presented Friday, September 15, 2017
Purpose: Our staff wanted to offer a non-pharmacological option for nausea that is self-administered/controlled, nurse directed without continued nursing ...
Teleneurology: Streamlining care of stroke patients in emergency rooms
(2017-12-05)
Session A presented Thursday, September 14, 2017
Purpose: Patients in Emergency Departments (EDs) that are having strokes now have an opportunity to receive endovascular therapy(EVT) for improved outcomes.1,2,3 Unfortunately, ...
Sexual assault kit collection in the emergency department
(2017-12-04)
Purpose: Traditionally emergency department nurses have received little to no training on collection of forensic evidence and care of the victim of sexual assault. While it is best practice for SANE (sexual assault nurse ...
Perceptions, instances, and reporting of violence in the emergency department
(2017-12-04)
Session I presented Saturday, September 16, 2017
Purpose: Violence against staff in the Emergency Department is seen as part of the role assumed when someone begins a career in emergency medicine. This research project ...
Implementing Interprofessional Alcohol SBIRT in the Emergency Department
(2017-12-04)
Poster presentationSession F presented Friday, September 15, 2017Purpose: Alcohol misuse is one of the leading causes of illness, disease, injury and death in the Unites States. For many patients, the Emergency Department ...
Evaluating the ergonomics of cardiac arrest care
(2017-12-04)
Purpose: To identify the ideal physical setup that maximizes vital equipment visibility for the resuscitation team to allow rapid assessment of cardiac rhythms during pulse checks, real-time feedback on CPR quality, and ...