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Developing a triage tool for paediatric care.
- Source :
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Emergency nurse : the journal of the RCN Accident and Emergency Nursing Association [Emerg Nurse] 2009 Jun; Vol. 17 (3), pp. 12-7. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Most paediatric triage systems used in UK emergency departments (EDs) are adapted from adult tools. Paediatric-specific triage tools have been developed in Australia, Canada and the United States but there is no evidence of a similar tool in use in the UK despite support for its development. Staff at New Cross Hospital, in Wolverhampton, are involved in a project to develop a paediatric-specific triage tool that can be used in EDs, assessment units and walk-in centres throughout the UK. The tool has been piloted in the hospital's paediatric assessment unit already with some success, but is yet to be validated.
- Subjects :
- Age Factors
Audiovisual Aids
Child
Color
Emergency Nursing standards
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Nurse's Role
Nursing Audit
Nursing Evaluation Research
Nursing Staff, Hospital education
Pediatric Nursing standards
Pilot Projects
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Time Factors
United Kingdom
Emergency Nursing methods
Nursing Assessment methods
Pediatric Nursing methods
Triage methods
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1354-5752
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emergency nurse : the journal of the RCN Accident and Emergency Nursing Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19552327
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7748/en2009.06.17.3.12.c7087