Identifying the core competencies of mental health telephone triage

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 21-22, 2013, Pages 3203-3216

  Sands, Natisha ^a   Elsom, Stephen ^b   Gerdtz, Marie ^c   Henderson, Kathryn ^d   Keppich Arnold, Sandra ^d   Droste, Nicolas ^e   Prematunga, Roshani K ^b   Wereta, Zewdu W ^b  

^a School of Nursing and Midwifery   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competency; Evidence based practice; Mental health triage; Psychiatric triage; Tele health; Telephone triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH TRIAGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC TRIAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELEHEALTH; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE TRIAGE;

COMPETENCY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH TRIAGE; PSYCHIATRIC TRIAGE; TELE-HEALTH; TELEPHONE TRIAGE;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEPHONE; TRIAGE;

EID: 84885833663     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04093.x     Document Type: Article

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