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- Anita Smith and Kelly J Cone.
- Maternal Child Nursing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA. anitasmith@usouthal.edu
- J Nurses Staff Dev. 2010 Jan 1;26(1):E14-9.
AbstractTriage decision making is an essential skill for nurses. Through initial assessment, a nurse must be able to prioritize patient care on the basis of appropriate decision making. The purpose of this article is to present pilot study data on the Triage Decision-Making Inventory, which measures the identification of critical thinking, cognitive characteristics, intuition, and experience when making triage decisions. Establishing reliability and validity of the instrument in a sample of nurses with diverse specialties allows staff development experts to use the inventory to tailor training for new graduates and practicing nurses.
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