Behavioral Health Committee, NYS Emergency Nurses Association

Dear Emergency Department RN,

We are doing a survey to determine if there is an education knowledge gap among ED RNs in managing Behavioral Health patients. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey below.
Demographics:

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* 1. How many years have you worked in an ED?

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* 2. Type of facility:

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* 3. Role:

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* 4. How often do you hold Behavioral Health (BH) patients in your ED? (Days in a week)

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* 5. Have you had education in Behavioral Health emergencies?

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* 6. Do you feel prepared to manage the care of this population?

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* 7. Do you have a locked BH area in your ED?

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* 8. Have you received training in de-escalation?

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* 9. Do you utilize psychiatric NPs in your ED?

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* 10. Do you have BH boarders in your ED?

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* 11. Are you familiar with psychiatric medications indications and side effects?

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* 12. How many BH patients do you usually hold?

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* 13. Are you familiar with extra pyramidal side effects, tardive dyskinesia?

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* 14. What are the symptoms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome?

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* 15. What screening do you perform to identify patients with suicidal thoughts?

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* 16. Does your facility use agitation scales?

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* 17. If yes, what do you use? (Agitation scale)

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* 18. Who observes your patients when they are a patient watch?

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* 19. How many patients are assigned to the nursing assistant/tech doing a patient watch?

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* 20. Comments/Questions:

If you have any further questions or comments, please contact Marina Grennen mgrennenenasurvey@gmail.com

Thank you for your time.

Behavioral Health Committee, NYS Emergency Nurses Association

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