Triage nurse perceptions of the use, reliability and acceptability of the Toowoomba Adult Triage Trauma Tool (TATTT)

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-60

  Eley, Diann ^a   Hegney, Desley ^b   Wollaston, Anthony ^c   Fahey, Paul ^b   Miller, Peter ^c   McKay, Michelle ^c   Wollaston, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Toowoomba   (Australia)

^d Wollaston Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computerised decision support systems; Nurses perceptions; Toowoomba Adult Triage Trauma Tool (TATTT); Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEWS; QUEENSLAND; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; VICTORIA;

EID: 11844300452     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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