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Health Care Initiative To Evaluate The Impact Of A Nurse Practitioner Led Community Wound Care Service On Emergency Department Utilization, Sherry Morrell
Health Care Initiative To Evaluate The Impact Of A Nurse Practitioner Led Community Wound Care Service On Emergency Department Utilization, Sherry Morrell
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Nurse Practitioners (NP) diagnose and treat wounds and wound-related conditions based on their advanced scope of practice. An NP with graduate-level wound care education (NP(W)) gains additional knowledge and clinical experience to provide comprehensive wound care.
This research aimed to explore community patients’ access to wound care in Southwestern Ontario (Canada). A quality improvement project was initiated utilizing stakeholder feedback to develop and implement a 12-week pilot NP(W)-Led community-based wound care service; the NP(W) wound care practices, clinical outcomes, and adverse events were described. One hundred twelve participants attended the service over 117 visits. The NP(W) services included prescribing and …
Registered Nurses’ Perceptions Of The Electronic Canadian Triage And Acuity Scale In A Community Hospital, Andrea De Jong
Registered Nurses’ Perceptions Of The Electronic Canadian Triage And Acuity Scale In A Community Hospital, Andrea De Jong
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In 2017, several hospitals in Ontario implemented the Electronic Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (eCTAS). This new technology affects a critical area of the Emergency Department: triage. There is no research on Registered Nurses’ (RNs) perceptions of eCTAS. A quantitative non-experimental descriptive survey obtained and quantified RN perceptions of eCTAS at a hospital with a 23 bed Emergency Department. The Diffusion of Innovation Theory was used as the theoretical framework to help guide study development. Results indicate both positive and negative perceptions of eCTAS and that younger RNs are more likely to think eCTAS cues them to collect the relevant …