Nursing care hours of patients receiving varying amounts and types of consultation/liaison services
✍ Scribed by Gail A. Mallory; John S. Lyons; Janet C. Scherubel; Paul A. Reichelt
- Book ID
- 103920574
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 823 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8228
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✦ Synopsis
Psychiatric comorbidities in the general hospital population have been found to increase the cost of health care. This descriptive study provides an in-depth analysis (including nursing hours), of general hospital patients receiving low. medium, and high intensity consultation/liaison (C/L) services from C/L psychiatrists and C/L nurses using computerized databases and the medical record. The results show that there are significant differences among the subgroups receiving varying amounts of C/L services. This study has particular significance for C/L nursing as many C/L nursing interventions are focused on both the patient and the deiivery of nursing care by the staff nurse.