title: Placing emergency department crowding on the decision agenda.
abstract: The causes of emergency department crowding (EDC), and the outcomes and strategies for resolution are reviewed. This is a call to the nursing profession to elevate EDC on hospital, community, and national agendas to garner resources to restore timely emergency care.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky Hospital, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Victoria M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Bradley
mesh_terms: D003441:Crowding; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006285:Health Planning; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational