International emergency nursing
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To compare the reliability, validity and resource utilization of the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) and Patient Acuity Category Scale (PACS) triage scales. ⋯ Both triage systems demonstrated moderate interrater reliability and construct validity in triaging actual patients. The ESI has better resource discrimination ability than the PACS and can improve resource management in the ED.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Nurse-initiated radiographic-test protocol for ankle injuries: A randomized controlled trial.
Nurse-initiated radiographic-test protocol was compared with usual practice in reducing unnecessary ankle and foot radiographic-test requests and shortening patients' length of stay (LOS) in an emergency department (ED) by reducing their waiting time for physician reassessment. ⋯ Implementing the nurse-initiated radiographic-test protocol reduced unnecessary ankle and foot radiographic-test requests and shortened patients' LOS in the ED by reducing their waiting time for physician reassessment.