Psychiatric emergency service. Using available resources.
When psychiatric patients come to hospital emergency departments for care, unique problems occur. Staff members are not prepared for this type of patient, and resources are strained. The authors discuss a collaborative nurse consultation service used to address this issue in a rural setting.
Borges
W J
WJ
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.
Summers
L C
LC
Karshmer
J
J
D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009516:New Mexico; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012423:Rural Health; D000078329:Workforce