Know the Plan, Share the Plan, Review the Risks: A Method of Structured Communication for the Emergency Care Setting

Salisbury elaborate a medical condition of a 53-year-old female patient, who presents with a 4-hour history of a headache of intolerable proportions. The patient is evaluated by a veteran ED physician-nurse-technician team, who recommend a work up to rule out a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Here, Salisbu...

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Published in:	Journal of emergency nursing Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 46 - 48
Main Authors:	Salisbury, Mary, Hohenhaus, Susan M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Mosby, Inc 01-02-2008 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Communication Emergency medical care Emergency Nursing Emergency services Female Headaches Hematoma, Subdural - diagnosis Hematoma, Subdural - therapy Hemorrhage Humans Inpatient care Medical diagnosis Medical Errors - prevention & control Meningitis - diagnosis Meningitis - drug therapy Middle Aged Nursing Patient Care Management - organization & administration Patient Care Team - organization & administration
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Summary:	Salisbury elaborate a medical condition of a 53-year-old female patient, who presents with a 4-hour history of a headache of intolerable proportions. The patient is evaluated by a veteran ED physician-nurse-technician team, who recommend a work up to rule out a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Here, Salisbury introduces three methods of structured communication for the emergency care setting, which include knowing the plan, sharing the plan, and reviewing the risks.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0099-1767 1527-2966
DOI:	10.1016/j.jen.2007.11.008