title: ED overcrowding: an assessment tool to monitor ED registered nurse workload that accounts for admitted patients residing in the emergency department.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine, Southside Hospital, North Shore LIJ Health System, Bay Shore, NY, USA. rkornmd@optonline.net
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korn
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mansfield
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003441:Crowding; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005544:Forecasting; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015401:Nursing Administration Research / Q000379:methods*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*