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- Title
Creating a COVID Medicine-Psychiatry Patient Pathway: A Quality Improvement Initiative.
- Authors
Mamais, Fotine; Czypinski, Linda; Gorman, Eileen M.; Taylor, Shoni; de St. Maurice, Annabelle; Miller, Pamela S.; Cheung, Erick H.
- Abstract
The pandemic highlighted a need to ensure appropriate care for patients with COVID who resided on a medical-surgical unit while also experiencing an acute mental health crisis. Interprofessional members established a clinical pathway that provided clinicians with guidance for appropriate care.
- Subjects
MENTAL illness treatment; PSYCHIATRIC social work; COVID-19; INTERNAL medicine; MEDICAL triage; NURSING; EVALUATION of human services programs; SOCIAL workers; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; MEDICAL care; AGITATION (Psychology); HUMAN services programs; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; QUALITY assurance; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; HOSPITAL care; HOSPITAL nursing staff; PSYCHIATRIC nurses; BIOTELEMETRY; COVID-19 testing; PHYSICIANS; COVID-19 pandemic; PSYCHIATRIC treatment; DIFFUSION of innovations; ALGORITHMS; MEDICAL-surgical nurses; ALLIED health personnel; PSYCHIATRIC hospitals; PATIENT safety; DISCHARGE planning
- Publication
MEDSURG Nursing, 2024, Vol 33, Issue 1, p42
- ISSN
1092-0811
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.62116/MSJ.2024.33.1.42