Objective: to evaluate the degree of reliability, accuracy and timing to perform the Manchester Triage System in electronic and manual records.
Method: exploratory-descriptive research. Case series corresponded to a total of 20 validated simulated clinical cases applied to a sample of 10 nurses.
Objective: The objective of this review was to synthesize the best available evidence on the effectiveness of the Manchester Triage System (MTS) on time to treatment (TtT) for patients who visit the emergency department (ED).
Introduction: The objectives of the MTS are to define a safe wait time for medical attention. Triage systems, such as the MTS, use criteria to ensure patient safety by determining appropriate wait times for each individual who visits the ED.
The review aims to find the best available evidence on the effectiveness of the Manchester Triage System on time to treatment in the emergency department.
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The objectives of this bibliographic study were to identify and to characterize nursing scientific productions of organ donation and transplantation since 1997 to 2007. The LILACS, MEDLINE, BDENF, PERIENF AND DEDALUS databases were searched using the following keywords: "nursing and transplantation" and "nursing and donation", identifying 30 articles. The results had shown that the most of publications from the southeast region; the majority of approaching was qualitative; nurses were the main authors and the principal subjects were renal and hepatic transplantation.
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