Use protocol to send inpatient holds upstairs.
A "full capacity" protocol requires that admitted patients being held in the ED are moved upstairs when the ED is at full capacity. Length of stay for admitted patients is reduced. Morale of ED nurses is improved. Inpatients receive better care when moved upstairs.
D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D009518:New York; D010343:Patient Admission; D010360:Patient Transfer