AtNena Tucker, Matthew Bernard
Emergency departments (EDs) across the country are inundated with patients and they struggle to provide the expected standard of care while meeting set benchmarks. A shortage of emergency medicine physicians further complicates the situation, and many facilities are utilizing nurse practitioners to bridge the gap. A clinical case study was conducted at Touro Infirmary, a large urban hospital in New Orleans, LA, to provide an in-depth look at the implementation and positive outcomes of nurse practitioners in one ED...
October 2015: Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal