Here are articles on admissions nurses/admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) nurses.
- Schaeffer, R, et al. “Admission nurse.” Journal of emergency nursing 32.1 (2006):85-86.
- PERFETTO, J, et al.”Admissions nurse practitioners make a difference.” American journal of nursing 78.4 (1978):648-9.”
- “Report puts spotlight on inpatient holds: the No. 1 reason for ED overcrowding.” ED Manag 15.6 (2003):61-3.
- Siehoff, Alice, BethGancarz, and CarolWise. “Improving patient admissions with dedicated admission nurses.” The Journal of nursing administration 39.1 (2009):11-3.
- Giangiulio, Martha, et al. “Initiation and evaluation of an Admission, Discharge, Transfer (ADT) Nursing Program in a pediatric setting.” Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing 31.2 (2008):61-70.
- Patterson, John, et al. “Bridging orders and a dedicated admission nurse decreases emergency department turnaround times while increasing patient satisfaction.” Annals of emergency medicine 50.3 (2007):351-2.
- Kirkbride, Geri, et al. “Weathering the storm: nurses’ satisfaction with a mobile admission nurse service.” Journal of nursing management 20.3 (2012):344-53.
- Hlipala, Sandra L, et al. “Profile of an admission nurse.” Nursing Management 36.6 (2005):44-7.
- Frew, S, and JWright. “The admission nurse: A way to expedite and improve the admissions process and stop ED diversions.” Journal of emergency nursing 25.2 (1999):123-4.
- Balon, Jennifer, and Stephanie AThomas. “Comparison of hospital admission medication lists with primary care physician and outpatient pharmacy lists.” Journal of nursing scholarship 43.3 (2011):292-300.
- Lester, Paula, Richard GStefanacci, and Ding-GengChen. “Nursing home procedures on transitions of care.” Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 10.9 (2009):634-8.
- Blankenship, Jean S, and Susan AWinslow. “Admission-discharge-teaching nurses: bridging the gap in today’s workforce.” The Journal of nursing administration 33.1 (2003):11-3.
- Joyce, Carol, et al. “Transfer admission discharge teams keep things moving.” Nursing Management 36.11 (2005):36-9.
- Lane, Betty S, et al. “Nurse satisfaction and creation of an admission, discharge, and teaching nurse position.” Journal of nursing care quality 24.2 (2009):148-52.
Here is the search technique that was used in PubMed to find articles ([tiab] finds search terms in the title or abstract and was needed in the search to significantly decrease the number of results; the same search without the [tiab] command in Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, and CINAHL):
“admission nurse”[tiab] OR “admissions nurse”[tiab] OR “admission nurses”[tiab] OR “admissions nurses”[tiab] OR “adt rn”[tiab] OR “adt nurse”[tiab] OR “adt nurses”[tiab] OR ((“admission discharge”[tiab] OR “admissions discharges”[tiab]) AND (nurse[tiab] OR nurses[tiab] OR nursing[tiab]))
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