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We have two ER nurses per trauma patient. One is the "primary" who
scribes and one is the "secondary" who is the patient contact person. There is a core group of nurses in the ER who care for trauma patients and they
rotate between primary and secondary, so no one feels left out.
Janice
>>> eric.peterson@aurorabaycare.com 04/21/03 09:29AM
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A question for the group. We are a Level II community based center. We
have our trauma team in the ED as the ED nurse primary/record keeper,
secondary ED Nurse and ICU Nurse at the bedside with
the assundry other
staff that also respond to the level I's. I have
been getting a lot of
flack from some of the ED staff as to the primary Nurse
not being able to
"get dirty" so to say in the initial part of the
resuscitation. The
question is do any of you have alternate team make
ups that differ from
this and if so, what is it. The concept I have for
the
primary/documentation is that it is the ED nurse and they have control
over the room to make sure things are done, the assessments are completed
and I thought that it would be best to have the ED Nurse do this
since they
have the most experience with the process and such. I am not
married to
this concept, but I think it makes the most sense. Also, if
there are
other ways I would be open to it. I have stated that I do not
want the
same nurse being primary all the time. This is harder on nights with the
more limited staffing.
Thank You
Eric
Peterson
Trauma Coordinator
Aurora Baycare Medical Center
Email: eric.peterson@aurorabaycare.com
Phone: 920-288-4301
Pager:
920-556-1846
Fax: 920-288-4067
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