Referrals to hospital emergency departments from residential aged care facilities: stuck in a time warp O'Connell, Beverly, Hawkins, Mary, Considine, Julie and Au, Catherine 2013, Referrals to hospital emergency departments from residential aged care facilities: stuck in a time warp, Contemporary nurse : healthcare across the lifespan, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 228-233. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Referrals to hospital emergency departments from residential aged care facilities: stuck in a time warp Author(s) O'Connell, Beverly Hawkins, Mary Considine, Julie orcid.org/0000-0003-3801-2456 Au, Catherine Journal name Contemporary nurse : healthcare across the lifespan Volume number 45 Issue number 2 Start page 228 End page 233 Total pages 6 Publisher eContent Management Place of publication Maleny, Qld. Publication date 2013-10 ISSN 1037-6178 1839-3535 Keyword(s) residential aged care nursing home emergency department transfer aged Summary This research aimed to describe the number and type of residents admitted to emergency departments (EDs) over 2 years; and to explore nurses' perceptions of the reasons why residential aged care facility (RACF) residents are referred to EDs. The research objective was addressed in a retrospective exploratory study using data on admissions to EDs from RACFs (N = 3,094) at the participating organisation over a 2-year period, and interview data on seven RACF and four ED nurses' perceptions of the issues involved. Most residents presenting at EDs required urgent medical attention. Major themes identified by RACF and ED nurses included issues related to staff competency, availability of general practitioners, lack of equipment in RACFs, residents and family members requesting referrals, communication difficulties, and poor attitudes towards RACF staff. There is a need to use strategies to detect residents whose conditions are deteriorating and treat them promptly in RACFs. Language eng Field of Research 111001 Aged Care Nursing 111003 Clinical Nursing: Secondary (Acute Care) Socio Economic Objective 920210 Nursing HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2013, eContent Management Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30060351 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 11 Feb 2014, 12:01:32 EST Tue, 11 Feb 2014, 12:05:58 EST Wed, 12 Feb 2014, 08:03:34 EST Thu, 13 Feb 2014, 10:46:23 EST Thu, 13 Feb 2014, 10:52:35 EST Thu, 13 Feb 2014, 10:55:20 EST Thu, 13 Feb 2014, 10:56:48 EST Fri, 14 Feb 2014, 14:30:27 EST Fri, 14 Feb 2014, 14:32:21 EST Fri, 14 Mar 2014, 14:10:49 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 19:47:51 EST Fri, 10 Oct 2014, 09:14:48 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 12:37:18 EST Wed, 28 Jan 2015, 10:17:07 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2015, 13:41:21 EST Mon, 22 Jan 2018, 13:41:04 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 19 times in TR Web of Science Cited 21 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 739 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 11 Feb 2014, 12:01:20 EST by Jane Moschetti

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