Role of the triage nurse
Tine triage nurse’s main role is the accurate prioritisation of patients, and this must be the prime objective. The triage nurse needs to become accomplished at rapid assessment — this involves quick decision making and suitable delegation of tasks. Long conversations with patients should be avoided as should exhaustive history taking. Clinical observations such as temperature/pulse, etc_ need to be delegated if they are not required to establish priority as they are too time consuming. continue reading…
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