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Emergency department nurses’ attitudes toward suspected intoxicated and psychiatric patients
(2008)
ACEP Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Survey 2008
Soung Lee (2005)
Managing, treating, assessing and diagnosing acute psychosis in the emergency departmentAustralasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 8
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Position statement: Medical evaluation of suspected intoxicated and psychiatric patients
M. Allen, D. Carpenter, J. Sheets, S. Miccio, R. Ross (2003)
What Do Consumers Say They Want and Need During a Psychiatric Emergency?Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 9
The purpose of this article is to show how one emergency department (ED) came up with strategies for management of the acutely ill psychiatric patient. A task force was formed that was named the Management of Acute pSychiatric Health (MASH). The MASH task force was convened by the ED clinical nurse specialist in response to staff dissatisfaction with the current management of the psychiatric patient. Members helped develop all goals, policies, and procedures and carry out the education of the staff by utilization of psychiatric mock codes. Key words: acute psychiatric patients, task force ANAGEMENT OF ACUTELY ILL PSY- ited, which causes many patients in need of CHIATRIC PATIENTS poses chal- psychiatric care to go to the ED or simply go Mlenges to busy emergency depart- without care. The ACEP continues by saying ments (EDs). Almost 10 years ago, the that many of the resources required for these Emergency Nurses Association (1999) posi- patients are not available in EDs and patients tion statement on care of intoxicated and psy- are often held in limbo in the ED until an in- chiatric patients noted that in spite of the patient bed becomes available. increasing needs of these populations, emer- These
Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: Oct 1, 2008
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