Telephone triage protocols for nurses:

"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 urge...

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Main Author: Briggs, Julie K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia Wolters Kluwer Heath [2016]
Edition:Fifth edition
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Summary:"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"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 online resource (893 pages) color illustrations
ISBN:9781496320759

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