Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Aug 1993
Differences in priorities assigned to patients by triage nurses and by consultant physicians in accident and emergency departments.
To investigate whether the greater urgency assigned to accident and emergency patients by triage nurses than by accident and emergency doctors was uniform across all patient groups. ⋯ These findings have implications for all those involved in the organisation of triage systems and in the training of nurses in accident and emergency departments. It is essential that judgements on how urgently patients need to be seen are made in a completely objective manner.