title: Effectiveness of nurse-initiated interventions on patient outcomes in the emergency department: a systematic review protocol.
abstract: The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of nurse-initiated interventions (NIIs) on patient outcomes in the emergency department (ED).More specifically, the objectives are to identify the effectiveness of NIIs, including but not limited to, nurse-initiated medications, nurse-initiated intravenous fluid therapy and nurse-initiated pathology on patient waiting time, time to treatment, length of stay, pain levels, symptom relief, patient satisfaction, leave without being seen rates and mortality rates in ED settings.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Research Centre, Queensland Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery: a Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence. Mater Misericordiae Ltd.
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kynoch
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000451:nursing*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000451:nursing*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic; D013997:Time Factors