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An ethnographic examination of the influences on the relationship between mental health triage nurses and emergency department triage nurses

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by John Broadbent
"Emergency Departments are increasingly the focal point of primary access to mental health services by clients with a mental illness. Developments in the initial emergency triage assessment are inextricably linked to improving the process of triage, where clients are assessed and referred to specialist mental health services. This ethnographic study examined the interdisciplinary relationships between emergency department triage nurses and mental health triage nurses for clients presenting with a mental illness"--Abstract.

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Central Queensland University

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I hereby grant to Central Queensland University or its agents the right to archive and to make available my thesis or dissertation in whole or in part through Central Queensland University’s Institutional Repository, ACQUIRE, in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all copyright, including the right to use future works (such as articles or books), all or part of this thesis or dissertation.

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  • Yes

External Author Affiliations

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health;

Era Eligible

  • No

Supervisor

Associate Professor Lorna Moxham ; Associate Professor Trudy Dwyer

Thesis Type

  • Doctoral Thesis

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