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Emergency department triage : is there a link between nurses’ personal characteristics and accuracy in triage decisions?
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- Göransson, Katarina E. (author)
- Örebro universitet,Hälsovetenskapliga institutionen,Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Ehrenberg, Anna (author)
- Högskolan Dalarna,Örebro universitet,Hälsovetenskapliga institutionen,Omvårdnad,Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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Marklund, Bertil (author)
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- Ehnfors, Margareta (author)
- Örebro universitet,Hälsovetenskapliga institutionen
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- Elsevier BV, 2006
- 2006
- English.
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In: Accident and Emergency Nursing. - : Elsevier BV. - 0965-2302 .- 1532-9267. ; 14:2, s. 83-88
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- Introduction A common task of registered nurses is to perform emergency department triage, often using an especially designed triage scale in their assessment. However, little information is available about the factors that promote the quality of these decisions. This study investigated personal characteristics of registered nurses and the accuracy in their acuity ratings of patient scenarios. Methods Using the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS), 423 registered nurses from 48 (62%) Swedish emergency departments individually triaged 18 patient scenarios. Results The registered nurses’ percentage of accurate acuity ratings was 58%, with a range from 22% to 89% accurate acuity ratings per registered nurse. In total, 60.3% of the registered nurses accurately triaged the scenarios in 50–69% of the cases. No relationship was found between personal characteristics of the registered nurses and their ability to triage. Discussion The lack of a relationship between personal characteristics of registered nurses and their ability to triage suggests that there might be intrapersonal characteristics, particularly the decision-making strategies used which can partly explain this dispersion. Future research that focuses on decision-making is likely to contribute in identifying and describing essential nursing characteristics for successful emergency department triage.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS
- TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN
- Caring sciences
- Vårdvetenskap
- Nursing Science
- Vårdvetenskap
- Accuracy ; Triage ; Emergency department ; Nurses ; Severity of Illness Index ; Emergency Service
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- art (subject category)
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