The young adult transition tours
are integrated into routine follow-up
appointments at the children's sickle
cell clinic. The tour starts in the ED
as the typical entry point for hospital
admissions and the site of initial care
during a pain crisis associated with
SCD. Young adults, parents, inpatient
direct-care nurses, a nurse educator,
clinical nurse specialist, nurse
manager, physicians, social workers,
case managers, pharmacists, emergency
staff, and physicians from the
adult and children's clinical team are
present during the ED tour. The ED
educator discusses what the young
adults can expect fiom their arrival
in the ED until either admission or
discharge. The ED tour commences
in the triage area, where young
adults are shown the trauma bay as
well as individual ED patient care
rooms. The ED educator answers
questions from the young adults
and/or parents related to the department
visit