The triage of psychiatric patients in the hospital emergency department: A comparison between emergency department nurses and psychiatric nurse consultants

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 65-71

  Happell, B ^a   Summers, M ^b   Pinikahana, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAGE;

EID: 0036549725     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/aaen.2001.0336     Document Type: Article

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