Today at clinical we worked on obtaining more doctors to the ER for help during the flu season since there is such an increase in patients and an increase with patients left being unseen. The nurse practitioners are working well and helping talk care of flu clinic patients, but the restrictions only allow them to take flu symptom patients above the age of two. Staffing for nurses is working better now and we have coverage for the ER so far including physicians so this was a huge improvement since last week.
We also went downtown for an epic meeting, working out the kinks of the 'go live!' It was interesting to see all the people it takes to make a change take action with nurses from all different departments working to make a new computer system work.
Throughout the day we discussed patients that were transfered in through the access center downtown to see if patients being sent were appropriate patients for the level of care this hospital was caring for. There were some questionable patients to staff talked to doctors to discuss theyre opinion. I really appreciate how this hospitals works together. I like their management style.
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Swine flu has really caused enormous problems hasn't it? It seems like everyone is having problems with it!
ReplyDeleteI think the key to this H1N1 craziness is to be working together, if we aren't we are doomed!
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