ED Setting Essay

In the ED setting, patients do not always have the luxury of long detailed conversations about a treatment plans and options. They might not even have the time or the ability to ask questions about what is happening to them regarding their care. If nurses provided some sort of information to the patient as to what was going on, it could not only reduce their stress and provide a sense of comfort, but also increase the amount of satisfaction the patient has with their overall ED experience. A short debriefing session or even a simple sentence saying: “we are going to do this thing, because we need it for (or to do) this thing” would be beneficial in so many ways. First, using the previous statement or something similar informs the patient what

“The apparent change in the nature of admission to the emergency care gradually leads to increased stress on the staff.” The increased stress at work overflows into other aspects of the ED nurses life, severely impacting their overall health and well-being. With the nursing profession being so selfless and compassionate, nurses can tend to give their patients everything they have, without acknowledging their own needs. Eventually, the overwhelming amount of environmental factors such as overcrowding and increased demand on the nurse, become too much to handle and burnout occurs. This causes the nurse to no longer feel that they are able to do their job or associated duties effectively. “Nurses who are experiencing burnout are too exhausted to provide levels of care that help patients feel satisfied.” With reduced patient satisfaction the hospital loses potential reimbursement opportunities from Medicare. If the facility continues to lose funding and the administration eventually has to cut costs, the resources and staff will be negatively impacted even further, increasing stress and burnout rate. “Healthy, happy work environments that include manager support, shared decision making, and recognizing nurses’ contributions to practice are precisely associated with increased nurse retention, reduced staff turnover, and increased job