The effects of intervention on quality of telephone triage at an emergency unit in Finland: Nurses' perspective

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages 26-31

  Kaakinen, Pirjo ^a   Kyngäs, Helvi ^a   Tarkiainen, Kaisa ^b   Kääriäinen, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Social and Healthcare City of Oulu   (Finland)

Author keywords

Counselling; Hospital; Intervention; Nurse; Quality; Telephone triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOTLINE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PERCEPTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAGE;

EID: 84945558179     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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