Adherence to the guideline 'Triage in emergency departments': A survey of Dutch emergency departments

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 2458-2468

  Janssen, Maaike Ap ^a   van Achterberg, Theo ^b   Adriaansen, Marian Jm ^a   Kampshoff, Caroline S ^c   Mintjes de Groot, Joke ^d  

^a HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Compliance; Emergency departments; Implementation; Nurses; Nursing; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAGE;

EID: 80051558770     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03698.x     Document Type: Article

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