Expert nurse decision-making: Telephone triage in an ophthalmic accident and emergency department

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-52

  Marsden, Janet ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Expert nurses; Telephone triage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040145574     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136140969900400107     Document Type: Article

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