Below is a PowerPoint demonstrating how to do Provider only discharge for use during surge when there are no nurses available to discharge. Historically it has been used by the NPs, GEMS, and occasionally PEMS seeing patients in POD D (resus/hallway). It works best with patients who require little nursing resources. Registration must be completed prior to discharge so we can no longer discharge someone and send them to registration.
We can not actually discharge them from EPIC (remove from the board). When you have printed their paperwork and they are leaving the ED, you can move them to another spot in the tracker board (like OTB). Nursing or registration will need to come behind later to actually get them off the ED tracker board.
Disclaimer: These clinical pathways are intended to be a guide specifically for residents, fellows, CRNPs, and physicians (“practitioners”) at Children’s of Alabama (“COA”). These clinical pathways may be adapted for each patient depending on clinical scenarios based on the practitioner’s judgment, consideration of unique circumstances, needs of the patient and their respective family, and availability of resources of where the patient is located. These clinical pathways are not to be construed as medical advice or treatment. COA does not represent or warrant that the clinical pathways are in every respect accurate or complete, or that one of more of them apply to a particular patient or medical condition. COA is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the clinical pathways, or for any outcomes a patient might experience where a clinician consulted one or more such pathways in connection with providing care for that patient.
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