Using the Delphi technique to design a self-reporting triage survey tool

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 235-241

  Fry, Margaret ^a   Burr, Gayle ^b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAGE;

EID: 0035495149     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/aaen.2001.0245     Document Type: Review

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