Streamlining emergency nursing care post-pandemic: A lean approach for reducing wait times and improving patient and staff satisfaction in the hospital
This study highlights waiting times as a major challenge in EDs, significantly impacting service quality, patient outcomes, and nursing staff workload. Lean-based strategies, such as standardized triage and improved care pathways, are essential to reducing delays and enhancing both patient care and staff satisfaction in the post-pandemic healthcare environment.
Authors
- Ebtsam Aly Abou Hashish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0492-7615)
- Nancy Sabry Elliethey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2910-1756)
- Azza Hassan Mohamed Hussein
- Basmaa Ahmed Abd-Elghaffar
Institutions
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (SA)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (SA)
- Alexandria University (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Nursing
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-02759-w
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Alexandria University