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Predicting admission at triage: are nurses better than a simple objective score?

Allan CameronAlastair J IrelandGerard A McKayAdam StarkDavid John Lowe
Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2016)
GAPS, a simple clinical score, is a better predictor of admission than triage nurses, unless the nurse is sure about the outcome, in which case their clinical judgement should be respected.
Keyphrases
  • emergency department
  • healthcare
  • mental health