Impact of a nurses strike on a medical center emergency department.
A strike of registered nurses in a large voluntary teaching hospital required changes in prehospital and emergency department delivery of services. An explanation of how the strike was handled by one emergency department is offered, as are comments on implications for emergency physicians and lessons for future strike situations.
D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005251:Fees, Medical; D005544:Forecasting; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D009013:Morale; D009515:New Jersey; D009726:Nurses; D010343:Patient Admission; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010820:Physicians; D011641:Public Relations; D013317:Strikes, Employee