598. The screening nurse

Quality assurance of nurse triage: Consistency of results over three years

“…Triage was introduced to the emergency departments (EDs) to overcome the problem of overcrowding and to provide immediate care to the most urgent patient. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Some of the triage systems use computerized algorithms, [11][12][13] others are nurse triage systems, 7,8,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] and some use telephone triage systems with contradictory results. [23][24][25][26][27][28] In Israel, even while writing this article, there is no formal training in emergency medicine, and EDs are divided into sections: medical, surgical, pediatric, orthopedic, and gynecologic.…”