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Improving the Care of Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department Using a Quality Improvement Framework: The Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Needs and Strengths (ED-SCANS).

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Brennan-Cook, J; Bonnabeau, E; Harris-Bloom, H; Tanabe, P
Published in: Advanced emergency nursing journal
July 2019

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a severe chronic disease that leads to premature mortality caused by serious complications of the disease such as acute chest syndrome, stroke, and sepsis. Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with pain due to vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) are at a higher risk for complications, making it imperative that emergency nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians are knowledgeable about SCD and understand the other associated complications besides VOC. Because of the complexity of disease and misperceptions about SCD among ED nurses, physicians, and nurse practitioners, a quality improvement (QI) framework for treatment of adults with SCD in EDs was developed. The Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Needs and Strengths (ED-SCANS) is a research-based QI framework consisting of 7 distinct algorithms that serve to guide all ED team members in assessment and management of the complexity of care that patients with SCD require.

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Published In

Advanced emergency nursing journal

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EISSN

1931-4493

ISSN

1931-4485

Publication Date

July 2019

Volume

41

Issue

3

Start / End Page

261 / 270

Related Subject Headings

  • Triage
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Quality Improvement
  • Patient Discharge
  • Patient Care Team
  • Pain Management
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hospitalization
  • Female
 

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Brennan-Cook, J., Bonnabeau, E., Harris-Bloom, H., & Tanabe, P. (2019). Improving the Care of Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department Using a Quality Improvement Framework: The Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Needs and Strengths (ED-SCANS). Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 41(3), 261–270. https://doi.org/10.1097/tme.0000000000000256
Brennan-Cook, Jill, Emily Bonnabeau, Haley Harris-Bloom, and Paula Tanabe. “Improving the Care of Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department Using a Quality Improvement Framework: The Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Needs and Strengths (ED-SCANS).Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal 41, no. 3 (July 2019): 261–70. https://doi.org/10.1097/tme.0000000000000256.
Brennan-Cook, Jill, et al. “Improving the Care of Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department Using a Quality Improvement Framework: The Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Needs and Strengths (ED-SCANS).Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, July 2019, pp. 261–70. Epmc, doi:10.1097/tme.0000000000000256.

Published In

Advanced emergency nursing journal

DOI

EISSN

1931-4493

ISSN

1931-4485

Publication Date

July 2019

Volume

41

Issue

3

Start / End Page

261 / 270

Related Subject Headings

  • Triage
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Quality Improvement
  • Patient Discharge
  • Patient Care Team
  • Pain Management
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hospitalization
  • Female