Accuracy of Triage Nurses in Predicting Patient Admissions: Retrospective, Large-sample Evidence from a Community Emergency Department
These results suggest that although nursing staff predictions are insufficient to streamline disposition decisions completely, they could be useful in expediting certain decisions related to hospital admission and resource requirement, thereby improving flow in EDs.
Authors
- Martin Dowling
- Corrine Mitges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7459-592X)
- Stephenson Strobel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9408-7992)
- Chris Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7462-5316)
- David Kanter-Eivin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3824-7589)
- Sandra K. Smith Speck
- Grant Sweeny
- Anil Esleben
- Asil El Galad
- Nanda Krishna Duggirala
Institutions
- McMaster University Medical Centre (CA)
- Regional Municipality of Niagara (CA)
- Niagara Health System (CA)
- Hamilton Health Sciences (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.39947
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- McMaster University
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University