Telephone Triage Protocols for Nursing

Telephone Triage Protocols for Nursing
ISBN-10
1496320751
ISBN-13
9781496320759
Category
Medical
Pages
624
Language
English
Published
2015-05-22
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Author
Julie Briggs

Description

Performing telephone triage requires the ability to make quick and effective decisions based on limited information. This rapid-access resource delivers more than 200 triage protocols for evaluating patients' symptoms over the telephone. Each symptom entry lists questions, grouped by urgency level, to determine whether the caller should seek emergency care immediately, seek medical care the same day, call back for appointment, or follow home care instructions. Detailed home care instructions are then provided. Simple, direct, and useful, this is the most comprehensive and user-friendly telephone triage book available.

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