Exploring Nursing Work in the Emergency Department Presented by: Steven Nguyen Mentor: Yunan Chen

Background Medical Informatics Paper Records vs. Electronic Records Information & Computer Science Healthcare Paper Records vs. Electronic Records Pros & Cons

My Role Observe and track Nurse work Long Beach Memorial Medical Center As a hypothetical, if I find that the nurses spend 90% of their time at the computers, then it would imply that the computers are using up too much of the nurses’ time, as patient care time is arguably more important than 10% or under, for example. It is difficult to predict what interesting implications may come from looking at my data, but I am hoping to find some interesting things about the link between nurse work and computer use.

Project Scope Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Emergency Department Nurses

Methodology Two phases Shadowing, Observation, Questioning 1) Acquaintance with ED 2) Task tracking Shadowing, Observation, Questioning

Typical ED Walkthrough

Register Nurse Work

Task Tracking

Current & Future Plans Upcoming weeks Future Analyze data Shadow doctors

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