The Effect of PECARN Guidelines on Minor Head Injury Referrals from the Urgent Care Center to the Emergency Room

The Effect of PECARN Guidelines on Minor Head Injury Referrals from the Urgent Care Center to the Emergency Room

Cathleen DeLaney DNP, MSN-FNP, APRN and Kris Skalsky MSNEd, EdD, RN Abstract Background and Purpose: The focus of this project was to determine if an evidence-based educational intervention had an impact on reducing the number of pediatric head injury referrals from the urgent care center to the emergency room. The urgent care center often makes referrals of pediatric head injury patients to the ED, contributing to the overutilization and overcrowding of an already taxed system. …

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