SNHP | Senior Nursing Poster Session
Behavioral Health in the Emergency Department
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Nursing
List all Project Mentors & Advisor(s)
Marcia Hobbs; Jennifer Coleman
Presentation Format
Poster Presentation
Abstract/Description
Prevalence of psychiatric-mental health patients in the emergency department (ED) has increased drastically. Emergency departments are now serving large numbers of psychiatric patients daily. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2016), psychiatric/mental disorder patients represent one out of every eight patients that present to the emergency department. This translates in to nearly 12 million emergency department visits a year. There has been a fifteen percent increase of mental health patients presenting to the ED between 2007 and 2011. The increases of these statistics are due to major budget cuts to community mental health services and decreased psychiatric inpatient bed availability. This in return has been a huge contribution to the overcrowding crisis of the ED (Boudreaux et al., 2015).
Spring Scholars Week 2018 Event
Senior Nursing Poster Session
Behavioral Health in the Emergency Department
Prevalence of psychiatric-mental health patients in the emergency department (ED) has increased drastically. Emergency departments are now serving large numbers of psychiatric patients daily. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2016), psychiatric/mental disorder patients represent one out of every eight patients that present to the emergency department. This translates in to nearly 12 million emergency department visits a year. There has been a fifteen percent increase of mental health patients presenting to the ED between 2007 and 2011. The increases of these statistics are due to major budget cuts to community mental health services and decreased psychiatric inpatient bed availability. This in return has been a huge contribution to the overcrowding crisis of the ED (Boudreaux et al., 2015).