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Elizabeth J. Winokur
Researcher at St. Joseph Hospital
Publications - 28
Citations - 164
Elizabeth J. Winokur is an academic researcher from St. Joseph Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Emergency nursing. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 24 publications receiving 111 citations. Previous affiliations of Elizabeth J. Winokur include California State University, Los Angeles & University of Arizona.
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Hospital staff nurse perceptions of competency to care for patients with psychiatric or behavioral health concerns.
Dana N. Rutledge,Mary Wickman,Marysol Cacciata,Elizabeth J. Winokur,Jeannine Loucks,Diane Drake +5 more
TL;DR: This study provides direction for further research and interventions in hospital settings with similar professional development needs that revealed a lack of nurse confidence to intervene in situations that require de-escalation techniques and crisis communication.
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Instrument validation: hospital nurse perceptions of their Behavioral Health Care Competency
TL;DR: The 23-item hospital nurse Behavioral Health Care Competency survey is an adequate and valid newly developed instrument and further testing with diverse samples is needed to strengthen generalizability and address unique and specialized nursing care needs.
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Pictographs to Improve Understanding of Discharge Instructions.
TL;DR: English speakers had a significantly higher mean total score than did Spanish speakers, indicating better literacy, and findings of low levels of health literacy in many parents led to a practice change of using nurse-developed pictographs, along with discharge instructions, for specific common ED diagnoses.
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Guesting area: an alternative for boarding mental health patients seen in emergency departments.
TL;DR: For the past 2 decades, emergency departments have seen increasing numbers of persons with psychiatric and substance abuse issues; nationally, patients with mental health complaints account for 7% to 10% of ED visits.
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Blood Culture Accuracy: Discards From Central Venous Catheters in Pediatric Oncology Patients in the Emergency Department
Elizabeth J. Winokur,Debra Pai,Dana N. Rutledge,Kate Vogel,Sadeeka Al-Majid,Christine Marshall,Paul Sheikewitz +6 more
TL;DR: Findings support the accuracy of the specimen that is normally discarded for bloodculture testing and suggest the need to reconsider its use for blood culture testing.