Triage in emergency departments: National survey

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1067-1074

  Göransson, Katarina E ^a   Ehrenberg, Anna ^a   Ehnfors, Margareta ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency department; Acute care; Emergency; Nurse; Survey; Triage

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRIAGE;

EID: 25844517547     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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