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Establishing Care With A Primary Care Provider, Ashley Whitlatch
Establishing Care With A Primary Care Provider, Ashley Whitlatch
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Established primary care leads to continuity of care, improved patient outcomes, and increased quality of life. There is also an improvement in the unnecessary usage of urgent care resources. The purpose of this project was to pilot a new process within the urgent or emergent care setting to ensure that patients who are not established with a primary care provider (PCP) have an appointment set before they are discharged. Staff were educated and trained in how to schedule primary care appointments for at-large patients. There are a high number of individuals who do not have a primary care provider. When …
Boarding Barriers For Psychiatric Patients In Emergency Departments, Emmeline B. Martin Bsn, Rn, Alison Rossano Bsn, Rn, Diana Dedmon Dnp, Aprn, Fnp-Bc
Boarding Barriers For Psychiatric Patients In Emergency Departments, Emmeline B. Martin Bsn, Rn, Alison Rossano Bsn, Rn, Diana Dedmon Dnp, Aprn, Fnp-Bc
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Objective To identify past or current literature about emergency department holds and psychiatric patients consisting of the evaluation of patient outcomes, satisfaction and equity of care. It is already known that shorter boarding times from the emergency department to a psychiatric unit have positive patient outcomes such as a decrease in readmissions, increase in patient satisfaction and efficiency in appropriate treatment.
Method A scoping review to analyze data by grouping articles into themes which included authors, date of publication, aims/purpose, methodology, sample, interventional details, and the key findings in each article. Excluded articles included those discussing COVID-19 and case management. …