Errors in nurse-led triage: An observational study.

Background: Nurses play a crucial role in correctly prioritizing patients entering emergency departments. However, little is known of the accuracy of nurse-led triage systems.

Objectives: (1) To determine the frequency of nurse-led triage errors within the Manchester Triage System; (2) to explore patient, work environment and individual nurse factors associated with triage errors; and (3) to explore associations between triage errors and patient outcomes (i.

Triage of patients with fever: The Manchester triage system's predictive validity for sepsis or septic shock and seven-day mortality.

Objective: Up to 15% of patients arrive in the emergency department suffering from fever. Triage is their first contact and is responsible for the stratification of patients according to the severity of the condition for which they are presenting at the emergency department. The aim of this study is to assess the predictive validity of the Manchester Triage System in patients with fever for sepsis or septic shock and seven-day mortality.

Effectiveness of Manchester Triage System in risk prioritisation of patients with pulmonary embolism who present dyspnoea, chest pain or collapse.

Background: Recognising patients with pulmonary embolism continues to be a clinical challenge. In the Emergency Department, up to 50% of patients with pulmonary embolism can be delayed or even misdiagnosed. The ability of a triage system to correctly prioritise suspected embolism in these patients is fundamental for determining diagnostic-therapeutic procedures.

Blood sampling during nurse triage reduces patient length of stay in the emergency department: A propensity score-weighted, population-based study.

Background: Increases in patients' length of stay (LOS) in the emergency department (ED) have led to overcrowding.

Objectives: In this study, the implementation of blood sampling during triage in lower priority level patients was assessed as a possible means to reduce LOS.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed from January 2018 to January 2019.

[Health projects managed by Nursing Coordinators: an analysis of contents and degree of success].

Aim: To describe the evolution and results of health projects run in hospitals and managed by Nursing Coordinators.

Methods: A convenience sample of 13 north Italian hospital, and a sample of 56 Nursing Coordinators with a permanent position from at least 1 year, was contacted. The following information was collected with a structured interview: projects run in 2009, topic, if bottom up or top down, number of staff involved and state (ended, still running, stopped).