Janie Schumaker
Janie Schumaker
ankle level needs patient requires
A Level 4 patient needs one resource; that could be something like a sprained ankle we have to splint. And a Level 5 requires no resources.
nurse skin
An experienced nurse can tell immediately - from the patient's demeanor, skin color, behavior. You just know.
happen patients point program safe waiting
The No. 1 point of this program is that any waiting that has to happen is safe for those patients who have to wait.
agree difficult emergency fit patients system three
Most emergency nurses, I think, would agree that it was difficult because many times patients just didn't fit into one of the three categories. The five-level system is a refinement; it is more scientific.
nurses rest staff three training
This was a staff-implemented project. Three of our staff nurses championed the change; they did the training of the rest of the staff.