Emergency Nurses Report Need for Evidence-Based Discharge Protocols
No objective measures of discharge readiness found after narcotic medication administration(August 19, 2014) – Emergency nurses report a surprising lack of consistency in criteria for discharge after emergency department patients receive Schedule II or III narcotic medications. These findings appear in a new study published online today in the Journal of Emergency Nursing , the peer-reviewed journal of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Researchers conducted a qualitative study of 19 emergency nurses from around the U.S., who practice