Abstract
Clinical decision making in the emergency department (ED) can have a significant impact on patient safety and health care outcomes. One type of clinical decision making is the process of emergency department triage. Within the context of the 5-level Emergency Severity Index triage system, it is not known what factors influence patient assignment by the triage nurse to ESI acuity levels 2 and 3. To increase the validity of patient assignment to levels 2 and 3, more explicit criteria are needed.
Purposes: (1) Describe factors that influence triage nurse assignment of patients to level 2 and level 3; (2) Examine the relationship between group membership (level 2 and Level 3) and specific patient factors; and (3) Describe the emergency department trajectory for patients assigned at triage to level 2 or level 3.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Clinical Decision Making, Patient Care, Emergency Severity Index
Advisor
Virginia Carreri-Kohlman
Second Advisor
Garrett Chan
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of California, San Francisco
Degree Year
2008
Recommended Citation
Garbez, Roxanne O., "Level 2 and level 3 patients in a 5-level triage system: Factors related to acuity assignment and trajectory of the emergency department experience" (2023). Dissertations. 886.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/886
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2023-02-23
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3339188; ProQuest document ID: 304659155. The author still retains copyright.