Do Knowledge and Experience Have Specific Roles in Triage Decision-making?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 722-726

  Considine, Julie ^a   Botti, Mari ^a   Thomas, Shane ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

decision making; emergency medicine; emergency nursing; triage

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 34447517365     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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