ED Overcrowding: An Assessment Tool to Monitor ED Registered Nurse Workload that Accounts for Admitted Patients Residing in the Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-446

  Korn, Robert ^a   Mansfield, Mary ^a  

^a Bay Shore and New Hyde Park   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

BED OCCUPANCY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 51649115741     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2007.06.025     Document Type: Article

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