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A Quality Improvement Initiative: Reducing the Number of Frequent Revisits in the Emergency Department | Alm, Melissa; Morgan, Deborah; Hopkins, Christy | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health, Poster |
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A Quality Improvement Initiative: Reducing the Number of Frequent Revisits in the Emergency Department | Alm, Melissa; Morgan, Deborah; Hopkins, Christy | 2020 | Background:Inappropriate use of the emergency department (ED) is a persistent and costly problem in the United States (US) healthcare system. More than 136 million ED visits were recorded in the US in 2014 and studies show 50-65% of this patient population have mental health problems. The introducti... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
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The Development and Implementation of a Practitioner in Triage Process for the Emergency Department at Intermountain Medical Center | Gardner, Kristen | 2014 | The number of people visiting the emergency department (ED) has trended upwards over the last 20 years. Over utilization of the ED results in congestion and over crowding. The inappropriate use of the ED by lower acuity patients has created a financial burden and pulled resources from critical patie... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Timely Admission from the Emergency Department to Medical/Surgical Floor | Dewey, Karen; Kang, Youjeong | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Poster |
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Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Timely Admission from the Emergency Department to Medical/Surgical Floor | Dewey, Karen | 2020 | Background: Visits to Emergency Departments (ED) are increasing, which in turn increases the number of admissions from the ED to the inpatient medical/surgical floor. These increases have led to crowding in the ED, resulting in boarding of patients awaiting admission. Boarding in the ED has been lin... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care |
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Identifying Strategies to Decrease ED Boarding | VansCoy, Darrin | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Poster |
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Identifying Strategies to Decrease ED Boarding | VansCoy, Darrin | 2017 | Keeping patients in the emergency department (ED) after an admission decision has been made, also known as ED boarding, leads to ED overcrowding. Boarded patients continue to use ED resources and prevent new patients from being seen. Boarding can also have adverse effects, such as higher mortality r... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementing a Fast Track | Burton, Kassie | 2016 | Over the past 10 years there has been an increase in the number of emergency room visits. From 1993 to 2013 the number of Emergency Departments in the United States has dropped by more than 500 (AHA, 2013). These changes have caused an increasing overcrowding problem; many researchers have categoriz... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |