A descriptive study to assess the knowledge regarding emergency triage among student nurses in Selected Institutions, Jalandhar

Abstract

Background of the study: TRIAGE comes from French trier, meaning to sort. Patient acuity is quickly determined via triage. A triage system prioritizes essential patients by identifying and categorizing them. It classifies patients by kind and urgency to bring the right patient to the right place at the right time with the right care provider. Student nurses are future quality care providers, thus they play a unique role in hospital emergency triage and treatment. They should learn more about emergency triage so they can make precise judgments for early detection, successful referral, and patient prevention. To minimize emergency department morbidity and mortality, staff and student nurses should participate in in-service education, teaching, demonstration, and self-learning. Methodology: The study setting was conducted at MHR DAV Institute of Nursing and LalaLajpatRai Institute of Nursing Education, Jalandhar, Punjab. The study sample comprised of 100 student nurses from selected Nursing Institutions. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used to collect the data. Written consent was taken from the student nurses who were selected as sample. Self-structured knowledge questionnaire was used to evaluate the knowledge regarding emergency triage among student nurses. Information booklet was prepared and distributed among student nurses. Results and conclusion: The mean knowledge score regarding emergency triage among student nurses was 20.16 (±3.62) with mean percentage of 50.4%. Hence, it revealed that the student nurses were having average knowledge regarding emergency triage.