description: This Windows-compatible CD-ROM contains adult, pediatric and obstetric protocols and their related home care instructions. A rapid-access guide, it helps the nurse to quickly detect the urgency of a caller's problem. Suggests appropriate questions grouped according to degree of urgency, enabling the nurse to recognize who needs immediate medical attention, who should be seen within twenty-four hours, and who can be safely monitored at home. Also addresses legal issues to lessen risks of liability. Format provides setting up of a telephone triage program.
language: English
title: Telephone Triage Protocols for Nurses
titlecomplete: Telephone Triage Protocols for Nurses
genres: Nursing
ratings_count: 41
publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins