How to facilitate learning by novices (students) on their road to expertise has attracted the
attention of a vast number of researchers in cognitive and educational psychology as well in …

In health-care education, it is important to assess the competencies that are essential for the
professional role. To develop clinical reasoning skills is crucial for nursing practice and …

Background Telemedicine and telephone-triage may compromise patient safety, particularly
if urgency is underestimated. We aimed to explore the level of safety of a pediatric …

Abstract Introduction Emergency Department (ED) triage decision-making is a complex
process. Triage scales are used to determine patient acuity level, however, they do not …

The purpose of this discussion is to present triage decision making research within the
context of the Revised Cognitive Continuum Theory. Triage is an essential clinical skill in …

Emergency Department (ED) crowding is a major problem in the US like in many other
countries world-wide. This problem is adversely affecting the safety of the patients who rely …

The demand on emergency departments (ED) is variable and ever increasing, often leaving
them overcrowded. Many hospitals are utilizing triage algorithms to rapidly sort and classify …

Background Triage nurses control access to the Emergency Department (ED) and make
decisions about patient acuity, patient priority, and placement of the patient in the ED …

Aims and objectives To understand clinical reasoning and decision‐making of triage nurses
during telephone conversations with callers suspected of having acute cardiac events, and …

Objective: To examine the influence of the nurse, the type of patient presentation and the
level of hospital service on consistency of triage using the Australasian Triage Scale …