Abstract
An emergency department may be the initial entry site for health care for the critically ill client; the triage nurse is the frontline provider to prioritize care. Decision-making skills are important in the accurate direction of client care. To date, no published research was available about triage nurses' decision-making skills in the triage setting. The conceptual frameworks for this study were diagnostic reasoning and Benner's theory of novice to expert.
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Tau Omicron
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Emergency Department Nurses, Triage, Patient Care, Decision-Making Skills
Advisor
Ruth Murray
Second Advisor
Mary Ellen Grohar
Third Advisor
Anne Perry
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
Saint Louis University
Degree Year
2000
Recommended Citation
Cone, Kelly J., "The development and testing of an instrument to measure decision making in emergency department triage nurses" (2022). Dissertations. 1145.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1145
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2022-08-02
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3000661; ProQuest document ID: 230759761. The author still retains copyright.