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Nurse-Initiated Protocols For Chest Pain In The Emergency Department, Matthew Hodges
Nurse-Initiated Protocols For Chest Pain In The Emergency Department, Matthew Hodges
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Practice Problem: Emergency department crowding inhibits the ability to provide safe patient care to chest pain patients and negatively impact patient outcomes. A Veteran Affairs emergency department has identified a similar concern and implemented a nurse-initiated protocol to decrease the length of stay and improve patient outcomes.
PICOT: This evidence-based practice (EBP) project was guided by the following PICOT question: In the emergency department (ED), how does a nurse-initiated protocol (NIP) for chest pain (CP) patients compared to no protocol use influence length of stay (LOS) in the ED over 8 weeks?
Evidence: The reviewed literature supported the evidence of …