Triage with the French Emergency Nurses Classification in Hospital scale: Reliability and validity

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-67

  Taboulet, Pierre ^a   Moreira, Véronique ^a   Haas, Laurent ^a   Porcher, Rapheal ^a   Braganca, Adelia ^a   Fontaine, Jean Paul ^a   Poncet, Marie Cecile ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Classification; Emergency medicine; Emergency nursing; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649891841     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328304ae57     Document Type: Article

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