Improved compliance with quality assurance markers during trauma room resuscitation using trauma nurse specialists.
Trauma nurse specialists (TNS) have been shown to reduce the burden on house staff and to facilitate patient care on trauma wards. In the authors' facility, this expertise has been extended to the emergency department where TNS contribute to an improved standard of care by (1) nursing assessment and injury recognition and (2) continuity of care. As specially trained individuals, TNS expand upon the role of the emergency department staff nurse. The TNS could be shown to improve compliance with trauma resuscitation room protocol and quality assurance markers of direct patient management at a statistically significant level.
Hammond
J
J
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019.
Eckes
J
J
Welcom
A
A
D004630:Emergencies; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012151:Resuscitation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*