Assessing Staff Nurses’ Knowledge, and Practice Regarding Patients Triage

Mekhimer Zaki, Ragaa; Mohamed Adam, Samia; Mohamed El Sayed, Samah

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2025.438163

Assessing Staff Nurses’ Knowledge, and Practice Regarding Patients Triage

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ M.Sc. Nursing Administration

² Professor of Nursing Administration, Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain shams University

³ Assist Professor of Nursing Administration, Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain shams University

10.21608/ejhc.2025.438163

Abstract

Background Triage is a key element in efficient management of major incidents and is the procedure by which the cases are prioritized relying on clinical acuity. therefore, nurses need to educated about triage to improve knowledge and practice has a potential impact on patients’ outcomes. This research aims to assessing staff nurses' Knowledge and practice regarding patients triage. Design: Descriptive. Setting: The Emergency Hospital affiliated to Ain shams university hospitals. The sample included all available staff nurse their number 56 staff nurses who worked in aforementioned setting. Tools for data collection: two tools, Triage knowledge questionnaire and Triage observational checklist. Results: more than two third (66.1%) of nurses were in the age category <30 years with mean of 29.46±8.54 years. slightly more than half (51.8%) of studied nurses were male and more than one third (42.9%) had diploma. Additionally, ): Reveals, total staff nurses’ knowledge dimensions regarding triage, that generally low levels of Knowledge among the nurses in the study sample regarding triage Domins. The highest knowledge related to concept of triage (48.2%) and the lowest was related to stages of triage (41.1%). It marked total knowledge of staff nurse knowledge of triage (21,2%). The highest mean score of practice regarding triage (75.13±4.66). Shows, total nurses’ practice dimensions regarding triage, there were generally very low levels of practice among the nurses in the study sample regarding practice of patient triage. The highest practice related to nursing implementation of triage (23.2%) and lowest was related to evaluation of triage process (16.1 %) There were generally inadequate practice among staff nurses regarding practice of patient 25%. Conclusion: generally low levels of Knowledge among the nurses regarding triage . there were generally inadequate practice among the nurses regarding practice of patient triage. Recommendations: Conduct training program and workshops periodically for nurses about patient's triage in all critical care units to improve knowledge and practice of nurses and designing a guideline about roles and responsibilities of triage nurse in emergency departments.

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