Dear ED Leaders and Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators, The long awaited revision of the Joint Policy Statement: Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department will be e-published in the Journal of Emergency Nursing on January 20, 2026. An accompanying ...

Jennifer, I love this method of determining how often vitals need to be assessed! At our facility, the standard in the ER is to assess vitals every 2-4 hours (unless the patient is unstable, for which it would be more frequent). However, I haven't ...

Are you interested in learning more about Pediatric Readiness, the upcoming survey, CE credits available and more. TUESDAY JAN 13TH at 1600 Michigan Pediatric Readiness Committee | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams Join the meeting ...

Hi Louise! I absolutely agree with referencing the resources that Sally provided. In practice in our ER, it's based on ESI level (with the VS counter on Epic turning yellow if it's close to the time to needing vitals, and red if it's past the ESI ...

We have some pre-mixed bags in our Omnicells but for most of our patients (including all patients under 50kg), our antibiotics and drips are mixed by pharmacy. We are incredibly lucky to have a pharmacist in the Peds ER 24hr/day, and when they are on ...