Assessment of Nurses Knowledge and Practice Regarding Triage System Working Competency | ||
| Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice | ||
| Article 19, Volume 4, Issue 11, September 2025, Pages 291-305 PDF (1.14 M) | ||
| Document Type: Scientific Research Periodical | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.329290.1247 | ||
| Author | ||
| Abeer Ashraf Goda* | ||
| medical and surgical health nursing, faculty of nursing, helwan university, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The term "triage" means sorting out. Medically, it's a process used to prioritize who needs emergency medical attention first, whether injured or sick people or disaster survivors. Patients are triaged or prioritized according to their need for emergency care. Resource availability is also taken into account during this process. Aim: The study aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of nurses regarding Triage System working competency. Design: A descriptive correlational research design was used in this study. Setting: The study was conducted at emergency departments at Ain-Shams Specialized Hospital. Subject: convenience sample (50) of emergency nurses. Data collection: three tools were used in this study as 1st tool: Self-administered Questionnaire that consisted of two parts, part 1: Nurses' demographic data, part 2: Self administrated sheet for nurses' knowledge about triage system. 2nd tool: Nurse's Observational checklist.3rd tool: Nurse's communication and interpersonal relationships Observation Checklist Results: The majority of them had poor level of knowledge regarding triage system, gained unsatisfactory level of performance regarding triage system, and gained unsatisfactory level of communication regarding triage system. Conclusion: there was a significant statistical positive correlation between total level of knowledge and total level of practice among the studied nurses. Also, there was a significant statistical positive correlation between total level of knowledge and total level of communication practice among the studied nurses. Recommendations: This study recommended conduct in service training to increase nursing personnel awareness about triage system. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Triage system; practice; Nurses; Knowledge | ||
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