Use of multiple pedagogies to promote confidence in triage decision making: A pilot study

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 660-666

  Smith, Anita ^a   Lollar, Jacqueline ^a   Mendenhall, Jan ^a   Brown, Henrietta ^a   Johnson, Pam ^a   Roberts, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Pedagogies; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; PEDAGOGIES; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

DECISION MAKING; PEDAGOGIES; TRIAGE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887139076     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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