Patient experience of the triage encounter in a Swedish emergency department

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-40

  Göransson, Katarina E ^a,b   von Rosen, Anette ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Nurse; Patient experience; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 72949083493     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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