Stop the Chaos! One Patient at a Time, Please

This session describes the development of a multidisciplinary team approach to address the "batching" influx of admissions from the emergency department (ED) and the related dissatisfaction felt by medical-surgical nurses, and shares lessons and strategies to help other organizations enhance ED throughput, staff and patient satisfaction, and patient safety.

Contact hours available until 9/14/2016.

Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation. You will be able to print your CNE certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.

Faculty, Planners, Authors, and Speakers Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Faculty, planners, authors, and speakers have no disclosures to declare.

Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.

Accreditation Statement:
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Objectives:
• Detail countermeasures implemented to enhance ED throughput to the medical-surgical setting. 
• Discuss a minimum of three outcomes associated with an effort to enhance ED throughput to the medical-surgical setting.