Investigation of the Present Circumstances and Emergency Nursing Care System in the Emergency Department.

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  • 初期・2次救急患者の実態と看護体制の検討
  • ショキ 2ジ キュウキュウ カンジャ ノ ジッタイ ト カンゴ タイセイ ノ ケントウ

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The purpose of this study was to examine the emergency circumstances and nursing care system in the Emergency Department（ED）．The subjects of the present study consisted of 181 patients and 214 their family members in the ED．The patients comprised 137 non-urgent and 44 urgent．The mean age of non-urgent patients was 32.6±25.6 years old and urgent patients 51.1±27.3 years old．28.2％ of 181 patients were under 15 years old and 18.8％over 70 years of age．The mean age of family members was 41.4±12.0 years old．The family members of the urgent patients were significantly more anxious than those of the non-urgent. Conclusions were considered as follows; 1． For promoting nursing quality and systematic efficiency，telephone counseling and triage nursing should be offered． 2． It is important to support family members as well as the patients, because they suffered from a grate psychological shock. 3． Education about judgment of emergency and home nursing care should be facilitated in the community.

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