My proposed project is on the effect the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage system has on ED wait times in the U.S. T
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My proposed project is on the effect the Emergency Severity
Index (ESI) triage system has on ED wait times in the U.S. The ESI
triage system was developed in the 1990s and is a five level system
used to determine the level of severity each patient is when they
enter the emergency room. One is labeled as the most urgent care
needed and five being the least urgent. (Emergency severity index,
n.d.) With the proper implication of the ESI system, hospitals can
reduce a patients hospital stay and properly asses their medical
needs without compromising patient care. The funding needed to
provide the proper training for ESI triage and ESI implementation
in EHR will require 3 months to create curriculum and 6 months of
training and onsite implementation. With approximately 5,000 to
begin the program and 10 hours of paid training salary for 4 nurses
from day and night shift. A yearly review of the program with
shareholder, investors and supervisors will determine if the
program can expand depending on the amount of revenue brought in by
properly accessing patients from the emergency department.
"Refresher training is necessary for ED nurses to improve the
triage accuracy. A very limited number of research studies on
triage training were found to improve triage accuracy. The method
used in Brosinski et al. study helps improve the accuracy. Their
method was easy to implement and the outcome was explicit. Although
all nurses in the ED participated in the study, the total number of
participants was only 15. Each session in their study was repeated
4 times. As a result, each instructor spent 5 h 30 min to complete
all four sessions for 15 nurses. Their method might be
time-consuming if the number of ED nurses increases. Further study
is suggested to examine whether this method can be applied
effectively in ED with more nurses. Various methods such as online
training and human patient simulation were developed to improve
triage accuracy." (Tam et. al, 2018, conclusion)
1. According to the statement above what can one agree and or
disagree with?
Index (ESI) triage system has on ED wait times in the U.S. The ESI
triage system was developed in the 1990s and is a five level system
used to determine the level of severity each patient is when they
enter the emergency room. One is labeled as the most urgent care
needed and five being the least urgent. (Emergency severity index,
n.d.) With the proper implication of the ESI system, hospitals can
reduce a patients hospital stay and properly asses their medical
needs without compromising patient care. The funding needed to
provide the proper training for ESI triage and ESI implementation
in EHR will require 3 months to create curriculum and 6 months of
training and onsite implementation. With approximately 5,000 to
begin the program and 10 hours of paid training salary for 4 nurses
from day and night shift. A yearly review of the program with
shareholder, investors and supervisors will determine if the
program can expand depending on the amount of revenue brought in by
properly accessing patients from the emergency department.
"Refresher training is necessary for ED nurses to improve the
triage accuracy. A very limited number of research studies on
triage training were found to improve triage accuracy. The method
used in Brosinski et al. study helps improve the accuracy. Their
method was easy to implement and the outcome was explicit. Although
all nurses in the ED participated in the study, the total number of
participants was only 15. Each session in their study was repeated
4 times. As a result, each instructor spent 5 h 30 min to complete
all four sessions for 15 nurses. Their method might be
time-consuming if the number of ED nurses increases. Further study
is suggested to examine whether this method can be applied
effectively in ED with more nurses. Various methods such as online
training and human patient simulation were developed to improve
triage accuracy." (Tam et. al, 2018, conclusion)
1. According to the statement above what can one agree and or
disagree with?