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Emergency Departments Adopt Creative Strategies to Discourage Patients from Leaving BeforeTreatment Is Complete

Consult QD

Emergency department volumes can be difficult to predict, but we’re able to prepare by staffing the unit according to historical trends,” explains Julie Gorecki, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, Associate Chief Nursing Officer at Akron General.

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Understanding and honoring the needs of Native American elders

American Nurse

More than a quarter of transports took over 5 hours to complete, with some mothers giving birth in ambulances and other patients dying enroute. Some patients avoided emergency care out of fear that they would be stranded for hours away from the reservation or be unable to pay their medical bills from a different facility.

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Magnet4Europe

American Nurse

Meetings included those with the chief executive officer, chief medical officer, chief nursing officer (CNO), the nursing leadership team, the Magnet Council, quality management personnel, patient safety team members, and the workers council head.