For children leaving the emergency department before being seen by a physician, counseling from nurses decreases return visits

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 173-177

  Gaucher, Nathalie ^a   Bailey, Benoit ^a   Gravel, Jocelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Leave without being seen; Nurse counseling; Return visits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NURSING PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 80053452701     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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