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Can any PAs, NPs and docs help me understand why an ER medicine group of physicians (in a 120 pts/day ER) won't allow even for the SIMPLEST of triage protocols to be initiated (not even a throat swab) when, oftentimes, the ER has an average triage/lobby wait time of 3-4 hours...
Their response is "we don't want nursing ordering labs"
Physicians write these protocols...
Train the triage nurses (5 tier ESI triage system seems best so far)
CBC, CMP, amy, lip, UA, for belly pain
CT head for worst HA of life
CXR for cough
RSS and CX for sore throat
what am I missing?
thanks
Their response is "we don't want nursing ordering labs"
Physicians write these protocols...
Train the triage nurses (5 tier ESI triage system seems best so far)
CBC, CMP, amy, lip, UA, for belly pain
CT head for worst HA of life
CXR for cough
RSS and CX for sore throat
what am I missing?
thanks