Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2011
Comparative StudySick leave in the emergency department: staff attitudes and the impact of job designation and psychosocial work conditions.
To examine patterns of, and attitudes to, sick leave taken by ED and other hospital staff and to compare ED doctor and nurse psychosocial work conditions. ⋯ Emergency department staff generally report healthy psychosocial work conditions. However, the high rate of ED nurse sick leave might be related to their considerable psychological job demand and perceived lack of supervisor support.
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2011
Comparative StudyNo effect of time of day at presentation to the emergency department on the outcome of patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit.
To determine if an association exists between the time of day when a patient presents to ED and their outcome for those admitted directly to the ICU. ⋯ The time of day patients arrive at the ED has no association with length of stay in ED, intensive care or hospital, time on the ventilator, or mortality for those who are admitted to the ICU.