4 Topic Commentaries

Nurses Face High Physical, Cognitive Load in Trauma Surgery

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  Mariah K. Raabe, R.N.

  Trauma and Emergency Nursing (Level IV Trauma Center)

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  Mayo Clinic Health System – St. James, Minnesota

  It's hard to portray how limited we are, but I'd say we're doing a great job with what we have. Our nursing and physician staff serve as jacks-of-all-trades. So much falls on the one ED and trauma bay nurse or the float nurse shared between the emergency department and hospital.

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  Christopher S. Russi, D.O.

  Emergency Medicine, Tele‑Emergency Medicine

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  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

  If you don't see these types of high-acuity cases frequently, we can provide real-time bedside consultation and guidance and help offload cognitive burden.

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  Rachel A. Duchsherer, M.S.N., R.N.

  Trauma Nursing Leadership and Operations

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  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

  This is all about utilizing resources correctly. We don't want to pull resources to the emergency department if the patient there is not the most critical. We want to avoid taking them from a patient who is more critical.

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  Mike L. Diekmann, R.N., TCRN, CCRN

  Emergency/Trauma Nursing

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  Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus

  Not all patients fit well into the triage color categories.

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