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Measurement Validity of Pediatric Emergency Department Rapid Triage

Excerpt: The study by Doyle et al1 concluded that “Implementing rapid triage and fast track guidelines can affect nurse-sensitive patient outcomes related to safety and care delivery in a pediatric emergency department,” but the support for the conclusions was weak because of 2 shortcomings: (1) the authors did not use a side-by-side control group, and (2) the findings can be explained by the Hawthorne effect.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-8733
Date01 September 2012
CreatorsBenner, Myron, Glenn, L. Lee
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceETSU Faculty Works

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