Low acuity abdominal pain in the Emergency Department: Still a long wait

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-100

  Lee, Geraldine ^a   Smith, Sarah ^b   Jennings, Natahsa ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAROONDAH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Emergency and Trauma Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency Department; Low acuity abdominal pain; Waiting room treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TIME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; VICTORIA; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 43849094780     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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