Emergency department triage: Is there a link between nurses' personal characteristics and accuracy in triage decisions?

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-88

  Göransson, Katarina E ^a   Ehrenberg, Anna ^a,b   Marklund, Bertil ^c   Ehnfors, Margareta ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Emergency department; Nurses; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TRIAGE;

EID: 33646110066     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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