Improvement in emergency department length of stay using a nurse-led 'emergency journey coordinator': A before/after study

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-163

  Asha, Stephen E ^a,b   Ajami, Allan ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crowding; Emergency service; Health services accessibility; Hospital; Length of stay; Model; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING ROLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; YOUNG ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY NURSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897935025     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12201     Document Type: Article

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