Summary

A new study led by researchers from Penn Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) finds that improving hospital nurse workloads could alleviate delays in care contributing to emergency department crowding. The findings, published in Medical Care , highlight a promising solution to emergency department (ED) crowding, a national crisis that occurs when the number of patients entering hospitals exceeds the number of available inpatient beds, causing bottlenecks in the emergency department.

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