Clinical Decisions using the National Triage Scale: How important is postgraduate education?

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-108

  Considine, Julie ^a   Ung, Lerma ^b   Thomas, Shane ^c  

^a DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMAN; TRIAGE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035317928     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ aaen.2001.0209     Document Type: Article

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