Knowledge of triage and its correlated factors among Emergency Department Nurses

Background: Emergency services utilize a triage approach to rank patients according to theseriousness of their diagnoses. Triage is one of the abilities that a nurse working in an emergencyroom must possess. Aim: This study aims to examine the nurses' knowledge regarding triage andidentify the variables that affect emergency nurses' knowledge of the triage systems. Methods: Thiscross-sectional descriptive study was performed from April to June 2021, on (48) nurses working inthe emergency department. (ED) at Burridah central hospital in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia.A self-administered questionnaire with non-probability purposive sampling was used to gather thedata by sociodemographic data and triage knowledge. Results: The findings revealed that 68.8%were female and 45.8 % with a mean age of 31.79. Nurses revealed moderate levels of triageknowledge. Bachelor science nursing degree (p = 0.005, B= 10.659), years of experience for ≥5years (p = 0.002, B =10.670), and training courses on triage (p = 0.001, B= 12.418) were affectingfactors with statistically significant on emergency nurses’ knowledge. Conclusions: Findingsrevealed that emergency nurses had a moderate level of triage knowledge and affecting factors ofnurses' knowledge were qualification, years of experience, and training courses of triage Therefore,recommendations for training sessions and programs should be held and taken into account theconnected increases in emergency nurses' knowledge of triage ot improve the quality of nursing careand patient outcomes.