Round-off decision-making: Why do triage nurses assign STEMI patients with an average priority?

Patients with suspected ST elevation myocardial infarction should be classified with a high-priority triage level in the Emergency Department. Accurate triage can reduce mortality and morbidity in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients. Yet, half of these patients were given a low-priority score, especially the average classification (P3 on a P1 –P5 scale).

Source: International Emergency Nursing - July 7, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Mor Saban, Lev Zaretsky, Heli Patitio, Rabia Salama, Aziz Darawsha Source Type: research