The development of an obstetric triage acuity tool

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 290-296

  Paisley, Kathleen S ^a   Wallace, Ruth ^b   Durant, Patricia G ^b  

^a Adventist Health System   (United States)

^b FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor and delivery triage; Labor and delivery triage competencies; Obstetric outpatient assessment; Obstetric triage acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; NURSES; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TRIAGE;

EID: 80052230960     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e318226609c     Document Type: Article

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