RN Treat & Release
Published on Jan 30, 2017
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Pathways of Care...
- Red Flag- Emergent
- Yellow Flag- Non Urgent/Minor
- Green Flag- Urgent
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Red Flag
- Emergent = 0 - 30 minutes
- Physician Intervention
- Potential threat to life, limb, & fxn
- Abdominal pain, allergic reactions, mental status changes, vaginal bleeding, chest pain, etc...
- Potential transfer to higher level of care
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Yellow Flag
- Non Urgent/Minor = 24 hours
- Nursing Intervention in partnership with MD Mentor
- Protocol or Policy & Procedure
- Conjunctivitis, Fever, Flu, Medication Problem, URI's, Sore Throat, UTI, Viral Infections, DMI's, Lab Prescriptions, Refills, etc...
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Green Flag
- Urgent = 2 hours
- Physician Intervention
- Requires multiple resources, i.e. Lab, Xray, CT Scan, IVF, Monitoring, Sutures, Procedure, etc...
- May require some coordination of care- Ortho, GI, OB, etc...
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Treat & Release Process
- RN Intake
- Focal Assessment
- Determine member "Pathway to Care"
- If Nursing Intervention/Nursing Diagnosis then Treat & Release
- MD Mentor Available for Team Collaboration
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Triage/Pathway to Care
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Physician Intervention?
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Collaboration with Mentor...
- SBAR Presentation to Mentor
- Determined if can be FAST Tracked- Minute Clinic
- If NO then back to UCC Green Flag path
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