An observational study in Emergencies, sponsored by Lehigh Valley Hospital. Completed at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-10-14.
Sponsored by Lehigh Valley Hospital · Observational
Stocking of essential supplies in an emergency department (ED) is crucial in order to efficiently and effectively take care of patients. When equipment and supplies are not available to patient care providers, an imbalance in the delivery of care is created. The amount of time nurses spend away from the bedside obtaining supplies has only been superficially studied; however, one study proposed that the majority of nurses spend 5 to 20 percent or more of their time during a shift. This results in 30 minutes to two-and-a-half hours of a twelve hour shift being lost to retrieving supplies that are not available.
Cabinets and drawers have recently been eliminated in the rooms and stock is kept in "supply towers" that contain all the necessary supplies to adequately take care of patients with the exception of medications, or stationary supplies. Towers are restocked every morning by a stocking technician by taking the towers to the stock room, resupplying them based on previously established PAR levels, and utilizing a standard chart that describes exactly what supply, and how many to stock within a specified area of the cart.
During their shift, the stocking technician must also respond to pages concerning low stock levels.
Hypothesis:
Nurses spend a significant amount of time away from the patient bedside during their shift looking for supplies.
Objectives:
1,692 studies on the registry are indexed under Emergencies; 333 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 565 is above the median of 353 across 714 observational studies indexed under Emergencies.
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Participants will include the nurses in the emergency department who will be observed during their shift.
Exclusion Criteria:
Nurses in the emergency department (ED) providing patient care using supplies found in the "stocking towers"
time nurses spend away from patients bedside
The average time nurses spend away from the bedside searching for supplies for patient care during an ED stay (an expected average of 2.5 hours)
Time frame: Outcome will be assessed for one year as the average time nurses spend away from the bedside searching for supplies for patient care during an ED stay (an expected average of 2.5 hours)
Supplies searched for
This is the type of supply that the nurse was searching for that was not available at the bedside.
Time frame: Outcome will be assessed for one year as the type of supply that the nurses are searching for that was not available at the bedside searching for supplies for patient care during an ED stay (an expected average of 2.5 hours)
Plan to share: No — However, the overall study results were published in JONA, vol 44, issue 11, November, 2014.
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