Articles Tagged With: Staffing
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Operational Countermeasures Help EDs Navigate Staffing Challenges
A possible solution involves moving care to the front end of the visit. Depending on the size of the department and acuity level, this might involve putting a physician or an advanced practice clinician out front, supported by a nurse, a tech, a phlebotomist, and a transporter. The goal of this approach is to ensure patients receive everything they would need if they were able to be in a room.
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Staffing Shortages No. 1 Challenge in Healthcare
Short-staffed EDs mean patients have to wait longer for laboratory and diagnostic testing results, which could lead to delays in administering life-saving treatment.
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Ethical Approaches to Address Nursing Workloads, Staffing Shortages
Ethicists can perform an invaluable role by working closely with senior management and medical staff leaders to develop collaborative initiatives to acknowledge the problem’s magnitude and engage nursing representatives in developing creative solutions.
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Labor Department Invests Millions of Dollars in Nurses
Grants will help address staff shortages by providing more funding for training, expansion, and diversification.
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Biden Administration Invests in Pediatric Mental Healthcare Expansion
Announcement made on the same day various organizations call for optimizing resources for pediatric emergencies.
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Med/Mal Concerns if ‘Float’ Nurses Cover the Department
Of 2,575 nurses from 50 states and Washington, DC, 26.5% reported they were “floated” or reassigned to a clinical care area that required new skills or that was outside their competency, according to a survey. Almost half reported receiving no education or preparation before they were assigned to the new unit.
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Nurses Feel the Squeeze of Ongoing Staffing Problems
National survey provides insight into life as an RN in 2022.
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Recurring Fact Patterns in Triage-Related Med/Mal Claims
Some malpractice lawsuits stem from what happens when the patient arrived at the ED — the triage nurse misses an emergency medical condition. If the triage process failed to identify a high-acuity patient requiring expedited care, then a plaintiff could allege the triage nurse breached the standard of care.
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How One Health System Monitors COVID-19 Patients at Home
One large health system successfully employed a hospital at home program during the COVID-19 pandemic using remote technology and a multidisciplinary team. By the end of 2021, the program had built a strong central team to support 13 medical centers across California. -
Analysis Shows Uneven Distribution of Emergency Physician Residency Programs
Although there are more programs overall today than a decade ago, gaps remain in rural areas.