The role of triage nurse ordering on mitigating overcrowding in emergency departments: A systematic review

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1349-1357

  Rowe, Brian H ^a   Villa Roel, Cristina ^a   Guo, Xiaoyan ^a   Bullard, Michael J ^e   Ospina, Maria ^a,b   Vandermeer, Benjamin ^a   Innes, Grant ^c   Schull, Michael J ^d   Holroyd, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e University of Toronto ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CROWDING; EMBASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; NURSE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TRIAGE NURSE ORDERING;

CROWDING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; TRIAGE;

EID: 83655201474     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01081.x     Document Type: Review

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