Concord, North Carolina Recognizing the critical impact of timely stroke care, Cabarrus Hospital’s emergency department staff focused on refining activation protocols to minimize delays and improve patient outcomes. By collaborating closely with the facility’s stroke coordinator and ED leadership, the team

Brooklyn, New York A mentorship program at NYU Langone Health – Cobble Hill Emergency Department plays a pivotal role in enhancing staff satisfaction and retention. By pairing experienced nurses with newer colleagues, the ED nursing staff fosters supportive relationships that contribute

McHenry, Illinois The multi-disciplinary triage committee at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital’s emergency department created waiting room care bundles focused on providing a positive experience for patients in the waiting room. After implementing these care bundles, patient rating scores of “likelihood to

Braselton, Gerogia While volumes for this campus have increased by more than 2,700 patients for the year, the 27-bed emergency department’s left without being seen rate has trended from 1.2 percent in January 2023 to 0.65% at the end of the

Hartford, Connecticut In the Hartford Hospital Emergency Department, staff engagement has been a leading priority in order to drive best practices and ensure meaningful avenues of staff support. To promote shared governance, the department-based ED Professional Nursing Council was established, developed

Los Angeles, California Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Maurice Marciano Family Foundation Emergency Department and Trauma Center consists of 46 beds and two trauma bays. It is consistently ranked in the top 10 in the nation, No. 1 pediatric hospital in California,

New Brunswick, New Jersey To improve the recognition and response to patients presenting with possible sepsis, the adult emergency department health care team at Saint Peter’s University Hospital implemented a nurse-driven protocol focused on early identification and rapid intervention. Upon recognizing

Plainview, New York As it prepared to establish a new cardiac cath lab in June 2023, the Plainview Hospital emergency department staff nurses, providers, and leaders collaborated with the hospital's senior leadership, quality, and onboarding cath lab team to define target

Sacramento, California The University of California Davis 89-bed emergency department’s “Discharge=Take Charge” initiative focuses on reducing patient discharge times by empowering bedside nurses to lead the discharge process. As a large, busy academic ED that saw 97,000 patient visits in 2023,

Jacksonville, Florida The emergency department staff at Wolfson Children’s Hospital Emergency Center and Porter Family Trauma Center is most proud of its pediatric trauma-focused initiatives. First, the team streamlined trauma and medical resuscitation documentation. The goal was to achieve real-time documentation