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Stat orders on non-emergent patients waiting for a treatment bed in the lobby

  • 1.  Stat orders on non-emergent patients waiting for a treatment bed in the lobby

    Posted 10-25-2024 03:20 PM

    Do any of your providers write stat orders on patients waiting in the lobby that cannot be done because the order is only appropriate for when a patient gets to a treatment bed? IF they do write orders like this, are they including instructions such as "upon arrival to treatment bed" for let's say cardiac monitoring on a 30 year old non-emergent patient with a normal EKG and negative cardiac enzymes? 



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    Suzanne Rodoracio RN
    Emergency RN
    Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
    Huntington Beach CA
    (949) 764-1416
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