Telephone Triage Protocols for Nurses
Autor Julie Briggs RN, BSN, MHAen Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 iul 2015
Telephone
Triage
Protocols
for
Nurses,
fifth
Edition
Performing telephone triage requires the ability to make quick and effective decisions based on limited information.Telephone Triage Protocols for Nurses, 5th Editionis your rapid-access resource, delivering 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 patient 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 provided. Simple, direct, and useful, this is the most comprehensive and user-friendly telephone triage book available.
Evaluate patients quickly and accurately, with this indispensable guide …
·NEW:Protocols for altered mental status; rectal bleeding; and shingles
·NEW:Content on phone triage program development and quality improvement
· Flow chart format leads you from yes or no answers about symptoms to development of assessment, and specific care recommendations
· Quick-read format helps you provide fast and effective evaluations, even with limited patient information
· Easy-to-follow A to Z organization—by body system and by disease—helps you find topics quickly
· Detailed home care instructions help you advise callers fully
· Questions about symptoms are grouped by urgency level to aid you in making quick, accurate assessments
· Icons indicate maternity and pediatric considerations
· Helps you avoid pitfalls such as accepting patients’ inaccurate self-diagnosis or not assessing patients fully
· Best practice recommendations guide instructors on telephone triage safety; roles and responsibilities; training guidelines; and medical- legal safeguards
· Essential for all clinical nurses and practitioners charged with performing triage
Performing telephone triage requires the ability to make quick and effective decisions based on limited information.Telephone Triage Protocols for Nurses, 5th Editionis your rapid-access resource, delivering 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 patient 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 provided. Simple, direct, and useful, this is the most comprehensive and user-friendly telephone triage book available.
Evaluate patients quickly and accurately, with this indispensable guide …
·NEW:Protocols for altered mental status; rectal bleeding; and shingles
·NEW:Content on phone triage program development and quality improvement
· Flow chart format leads you from yes or no answers about symptoms to development of assessment, and specific care recommendations
· Quick-read format helps you provide fast and effective evaluations, even with limited patient information
· Easy-to-follow A to Z organization—by body system and by disease—helps you find topics quickly
· Detailed home care instructions help you advise callers fully
· Questions about symptoms are grouped by urgency level to aid you in making quick, accurate assessments
· Icons indicate maternity and pediatric considerations
· Helps you avoid pitfalls such as accepting patients’ inaccurate self-diagnosis or not assessing patients fully
· Best practice recommendations guide instructors on telephone triage safety; roles and responsibilities; training guidelines; and medical- legal safeguards
· Essential for all clinical nurses and practitioners charged with performing triage
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781451194296
ISBN-10: 1451194293
Pagini: 624
Dimensiuni: 178 x 229 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.04 kg
Ediția:Fifth
Editura: LWW
Colecția Lww
ISBN-10: 1451194293
Pagini: 624
Dimensiuni: 178 x 229 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.04 kg
Ediția:Fifth
Editura: LWW
Colecția Lww
Notă biografică
Julie
Briggs
RN,
BSN,
MHA
is
the
Medical
Management
RN
Coordinator
for
the
Providence
Health
Plan
in
Portland,
OR
and
spent
14
years
as
Director
of
Emergency/Ambulatory
Treatment
Center
at
the
Good
Samaritan
Hospital
in
Puyallup,
WA.
A
certified
FEMA
instructor,
she
has
served
as
a
nurse
legal
consultant
and
provided
high
quality
training
and
consultation
in
program
development
and
quality
measures.
Descriere
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.