TY - BOOK AU - Visser,Lynn Sayre AU - Montejano,Anna Sivo TI - Essentials for the triage nurse : : an orientation and care guide in a nutshell PY - 2018/// CY - New York, NY: PB - Springer KW - Emergency medicine KW - Triage (Medicine) KW - Patient Management KW - methods N2 - This is a concise, user-friendly orientation guide and reference for new and seasoned nurses, paramedics, preceptors, educators, management teams, and anyone else working in the triage environment. It offers guidelines covering key processes and practices triage nurses use daily. Chapters address core elements of triage such as patient point of entry, acuity scales, and "red-flag" patient presentations and how to handle them; coordination and communication with other health care team members; and documentation ER -