What risk assessment tools and predictors are effective in screening for self-harm or suicidal ideation during initial assessment of patients across the life span in the emergency department? This CPG provides practice recommendations on the initial suicide assessment, use of various suicide risk instruments, and suicide risk predictors based on a systematic review and critical analysis of the literature.

What risk assessment tools and predictors are effective in screening for self-harm or suicidal ideation during initial assessment of patients across the life span in the emergency department? This CPG provides practice recommendations on the initial suicide assessment, use of various suicide risk instruments, and suicide risk predictors based on a systematic review and critical analysis of the literature.

Substance use disorders have a devastating impact on lives and livelihood. This position statement discusses addiction and substance use disorders in the emergency care setting.

This joint position statement educates the reader about how sub-dissociative dose ketamine is used in the ED and includes guidelines for policies and procedures.

This infographic describes the steps to initiate when someone is bleeding and can be posted or provided to patients as bystanders.

This infographic provides clear instructions on how ED nurses can become a Stop the Bleed instructor.

This joint position statement discusses the endorsement for the use of standardized nursing protocol orders (also referred to as standardized procedures, order sets, standing orders, or triage protocols) in the emergency department (ED) for initiation of patient evaluation.

This position statement reviews the challenges associated with staffing and productivity, describes the method for calculating staffing, and other factors influencing nurse staffing requirements.

This position statement covers the use of social media and an emergency nurse's obligation to adhere to institutional policies, or sign confidentiality agreements to help protect patient privacy.

This topic brief describes and compares some of the validated screening tools currently available to assess the physical, social and emotional needs of the older adult in the emergency care setting, and to help simplify selection of the most appropriate tools for translation into a specific plan for each older adult patient.