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Mental health nurse improving emerg outcomes
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
13 August 2012
Results of the pilot project include 31 cases where care in the community was organized thus avoiding hospital admission, 87 cases in which medication management issues were identified and corrected, and 68 cases where aggressive behaviour in the emergency department was reduced or eliminated. The presence of the liaison nurse also led to the reduction of the average length of stay in the emergency department for mental health care patients… the liaison nurse role has also helped shorten the inpatient length of stay
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