Assessing clinical urgency via telephone in rural Australia

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 201-207

  Knight, Kaye ^a   Kenny, Amanda ^a   Endacott, Ruth ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Qualitative study; Rural health; Rural nursing; Telenursing; Telephone triage

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH NURSING; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL NURSING; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE; TRIAGE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84928370150     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12161     Document Type: Article

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