Journal of emergency nursing : JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
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Proper monitoring of patients' behavior is essential for effective treatment and efficient disposition of psychiatric cases in the adult emergency department. The goal of the current study was to examine an attempt to implement the Behavioral Activity Rating Scale, an existing single-item measure of behavioral activity, as part of a behavioral management triage strategy for psychiatric patients in an emergency department. ⋯ The findings of this study suggest that a single-item behavioral activity measure may be an efficient, effective, and discreet way for emergency nursing staff to communicate with one another and with physicians about psychiatric patients in need of behavioral management in adult emergency departments. The findings also suggest that a broad implementation approach is needed to achieve desired levels of adoption by emergency nursing staff.
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Comparative Study
Impact of an emergency nurse-initiated asthma management protocol on door-to-first-salbutamol-nebulization-time in a pediatric emergency department.
To determine the effect of an ED nurse-initiated asthma management protocol on door to first salbutamol nebulization time. ⋯ An ED nurse-initiated asthma management protocol expedited initiation of medications essential for relief of symptoms of acute asthma and bedside evaluation by nurses. Standing nurse-initiated care protocols may prove to be beneficial in improving acute asthma care in crowded EDs.