Education to improve the triage of mental health patients in general hospital emergency departments

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 210-218

  Clarke, Diana E ^a,b   Brown, Anne Marie ^b   Hughes, Linda ^b   Motluk, Lori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult mental health presentations; Education for triage nurses; General hospital emergency triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EVALUATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MANITOBA; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SELF EFFICACY; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 33750512145     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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