title: Timely admits, transfers, and discharges.
abstract: Nurse managers implemented a critical care patient coordinator program that's improved patient flow, staffing, and problem identification. The hospital has increased the new department from 7 to 12 critical care nurses and applied the program to other units.
authors.affiliation: Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hulsey
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005845:Georgia; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000592:standards; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D013997:Time Factors