The document outlines the role and need for an Emergency Nurse Coordinator who would be dedicated nurses stationed in the emergency department during each shift. Their key responsibilities would be to help identify volatile situations, provide counseling, ensure early patient disposition, coordinate with the healthcare team, make calls to residents, and establish procedures for admissions, transfers, referrals, and discharges. Having properly trained ENCs is presented as an important part of the ED that can improve patient care and outcomes across the nation's hospitals.

1. EMERGENCY NURSE COORDINATOR
(ENC)- BUILDING BLOCK OF CRITICAL
COMMUNICATION
Presented by
Preethy Rajesh
Nursing Informatics, ED

2. NEED

3. VISION AND ROLE
 Dedicated team of nurses
 Should be on the ED floor in each shift
 Help in identifying and defusing potentially
volatile situations.
 To do counselling at various stages.
 Ensure early disposition of patients.
.

4. ROLE
 Coordinate with the health care team in ED.

5. ROLE
 Calls to on-call residents.
 To establish and coordinate in
Admission
Transfer
Referral and
Discharge procedures
 Reinforce policies.

6.  ENC is an extremely important part of ED
 Properly trained and motivated team
members essential for success
 Can go a long way in improving patient care
& outcomes in ED’s across the nation