A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge of Staff Nurses Regarding Triage System in Selected Hospitals at Hassan, Karnataka
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Triage is the process of sorting patients according to their need for medical care, irrespective of their order of arrival or other factors including sex, age, socioeconomic status, insurance status, residential status, nationality, race, ethnicity or religion. Triage includes an assessment to prioritize Emergency department patients in need of immediate care, in accord with clinical severity and time urgency, related with patients with non- urgent illness, who can wait longer to be seen. OBJECTIVES1. To assess the level of knowledge of staff nurses regarding triage system.2. To find out the association between knowledge and selected demographic variables of staff nurses. METHODOLOGY: A descriptive study was conducted on 60 staff nurses to assess knowledge regarding triage system by using structured knowledge questionnaire. RESULTS: Findings showed that majority of Staff Nurses 59 (98.33%) had inadequate Knowledge only 1 (1.67%) staff nurses are moderately adequate, and none of them had adequate knowledge. CONCLUSION: The current research has shown that out of 60 Staff nurses almost 98.33% of them had inadequate Knowledge. So, the result endorses the staff nurses had very poor knowledge on triage system. Designed educational interventions to enhance knowledge on triage system among staff nurses is mandate to effective prioritization and categorization of patients that in turn will lessen load and the congestion of crowding problems in emergency.
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Helen D K, Hetzy S K
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