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38 vs 38.5C? SIRS indicator for pediatric sepsis screening
Poster presentationSession D presented Monday, September 30, 2:30-3:30 pmPurpose: Sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock (hereafter referred to collectively as sepsis) are significant contributors to pediatric morbidity ... -
Accelerating Care Using a Standardized Protocol for Psychiatric Emergency Patients
(2017-12-05)Poster presentation Session D presented Friday, September 15, 2017 Purpose: Behavioral health (BH) complaints are a component in one out of every eight emergency department visits. With the closing of many inpatient ... -
Active shooter-it’s not a game of hide and seek
Session D presented Thursday, September 27, 2:30-3:30 pm Purpose: Active shooter events have been on the increase in public areas including hospitals, schools and churches. Many hospitals have developed plans to address ... -
Acute Stroke Management: Capturing the Walk-In Patient
Session J presented Saturday, September 29, 11:30 am-12:30 pm pm Purpose: The journey to comprehensive stroke certification identified opportunities for improvement in the treatment of stroke patients in the ED. This ... -
Advanced practice registered nurse students’ perceptions of the Three P’s in preparation for clinical practice
Poster presentationSession G presented Tuesday, October 1, 1:00-2:00 pmPurpose: Significance/Background In 2008, advanced pathophysiology, advanced physical health assessment, and advanced pharmacology, were mandated as ... -
Advancing disaster nursing: Disseminating a critical initiative
(2017-12-04)Session I presented Saturday, September 16, 2017 Purpose: The Society for the Advancement of Disaster Nursing” (SADN) was formed in 2016 to advance solutions to the complex issues surrounding disaster nursing ... -
Aultman Fast Track
Session J presented Saturday, September 29, 11:30 am-12:30 pm Purpose: We have identified the need to provide more time efficient medical care to patients with minor medical conditions. We would like to increase the total ... -
Bed Ready to Out - An Epic Approach to Nursing Handoff
Session J presented Saturday, September 29, 11:30 am-12:30 pm Purpose: Nursing handoff from ED to inpatient teams was identified as an area of opportunity for the organization. Bed Ready to Out is an initiative that focused ... -
Blood Culture Contamination in the Emergency Department
(2017-12-05)Poster presentation Session G presented Saturday, September 16, 2017 Purpose: Current best practice for collecting blood cultures is to divert the first 1-2ml of blood, so to send the micro-organisms away from the blood ... -
Breakout of the box: Innovative education using an escape room
Poster presentationSession B presented Monday, September 30, 11:30 am-12:30 pmPurpose: Emergency Department staff must possess the complex knowledge and skills necessary to competently care for critically injured patients. ... -
Building a culture of evidence-based practice (EBP) in the ED through RN EBP mentors
Poster presentationSession E presented Tuesday, October 1, 10:00-11:00 amPurpose: Background: Consistent implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) leads to high-quality safe care, improved patient outcomes, and reduced ... -
C.O.N.N.E.C.T.E.D.: Catalyst for Enculturating New Graduates into Emergency Nursing
Poster presentation Session G presented Friday, September 28,1:00-2:00 pm Purpose: The literature is replete with citations attesting to the negative influence of role overload among registered nurses working in emergency ... -
Cardiac alert process at Denver area free-standing emergency departments
Session G presented Friday, September 28, 1:00-2:00 pm Purpose: With the growing number of free-standing emergency departments (FSEDs) in Colorado, it is essential for these facilities to appropriately stabilize and ... -
Carpe Noctem: Seizing the night with education, excitement, and eats
Poster presentationSession D presented Monday, September 30, 2:30-3:30 pmPurpose: Night shift employee engagement scores were at an all time low at 3.5 out of 5. The Carpe Noctem committee was developed to find creative ... -
Challenges Versus Solutions to Psychiatric Patients in the ED
Session I presented Saturday, September 29, 10:00-11:00 am Purpose: Patients with psychiatric complaints are 7-10% (12 million) of annual ED visits nationally. Reduced availability of inpatient beds for treatment and an ... -
Code Stroke
(2017-12-05)Poster presentation Session E presented Friday, September 15, 2017 Purpose: The objective was to decrease ED door to CT and lab turnaround time to results to less than or equal to 45 minutes, improve the percentage of ... -
Code team roles: Increasing comfort levels through mock codes.
Poster presentationSession A presented Monday, September 30,10:00-11:00 amPurpose: The purpose of this study is to increase the interdisciplinary patient care teams' comfort level when assuming various code blue team roles ... -
Comfort Cart: The use of non-pharmalogical adjuncts for pain relief
Poster presentationSession A presented Monday, September 30, 10:00-11:00 amPurpose: The Comfort Cart is a pain management tool that is portable and contains non-pharmacologic pain relief adjuncts such as heating pads, ice ... -
Communicating agitation in real time with PANSS-EC scoring on the ED track board
Poster presentationSession F presented Tuesday, October 1, 11:30 am-12:30 pmPurpose: To improve visual communication and interdisciplinary collaboration to manage patient agitation in a busy emergency setting. Responding ... -
Community Paramedic Education Drives Evidence-based Practice and Health Care Cost Savings
Session E presented Friday, September 28,10:00-11:00 am. Purpose:Statement of Relevance: As health care shifts away from hospital-centered, inpatient treatment, key providers of delivery emerge to provide a continuum of ...
