ROLE AND DUTY OF PROFESSIONAL NURSES IN REFERRAL SYSTEM EMERGENCY PATIENTS OF EMERGENCY OPERATION UNITS

Abstract

This article aims to present knowledge about role and duty of nurses in admission and transferring emergency patients of National Institute for Emergency Medicine. The emergency operations unit must carry out admission and transferring patients according to the standard criteria that have been laid down. The emergency operation personnel consist of emergency medical executive levels medical practitioners in the field of emergency medicine or professional nurses performing emergency operations or medical professionals performing emergency operations, emergency medical assistance group, and operational group level including of basic medical practice team at least one assistant operations team leader, and an emergency service driver. The emergency operation in every position, at least 2/3 of the emergency operations performance must have to precipitate in emergency operations or practicing emergency operations at least 4 times per month in each quarter to gain skills and expertise in admission and referring patients efficiently. 

Usually, the professional nurse will be designated to participate in emergency operations with different function and responsibilities both serving at the patient admission and referring center, staff nurse arranging a queue of nurses to admit and refer patients, and admission and referring nurses. The patients receive care according to their symptoms and signs according to practice guideline standards during safe transferring to the destination.