Thinking strategies used by Registered Nurses during emergency department triage

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-172

  Göransson, Katarina E ^a,b   Ehnfors, Margareta ^a   Fonteyn, Marsha E ^c   Ehrenberg, Anna ^a,d  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emergency department; Registered Nurses; Think aloud method; Thinking strategies; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTUITION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; THINKING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTUITION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; THINKING; TRIAGE;

EID: 37849052474     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04473.x     Document Type: Article

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