Paediatric ED reattendance rates: comparing nurse practitioners and other clinicians.
Emerg Med J
; 32(5): 379-82, 2015 May.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this project is to establish the unplanned reattendance rate for paediatric emergency nurse practitioners (PENPs) working in a designated paediatric emergency department (PED) while identifying the case mix of patients seen by PENPs compared with their medical counterparts.DESIGN:
Quantitative data regarding patient characteristics and reattendance were collected during retrospective review of case notes across two representative 2-week periods.SETTING:
The study site is a tertiary urban PED with an annual attendance of 32â 000 patients aged from birth to 15â years. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Reattendance rates, patient characteristics, triage scores, presenting complaint and numbers of patients discussed with a paediatric emergency medicine consultant were evaluated.RESULTS:
The results showed that PENPs have a lower reattendance rate (1.75%) when compared with senior and junior doctors in training (4.29%, 5.76%); however, PENPs treat a different population of children. When the odds of PENP reattendance are adjusted for this, the significance of the difference becomes less certain.CONCLUSIONS:
PENPs work autonomously when seeing children presenting with minor trauma and make a positive contribution in achieving the reattendance Clinical Quality Indicator.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
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Profissionais de Enfermagem Pediátrica
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Corpo Clínico Hospitalar
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En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article