Exploring Best Practice for Triage

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-182

  Funderburke, Paula ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40749142712     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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