title: Telephone advice nurse: identifying critically-ill patients.
abstract: Patients who are admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) have usually been critically ill at home first. The telephone advice nurse may be the first person they contact for help when they get sick. This nurse has to distinguish rapidly between critical and non-critical patients. You might find this role a challenging career option.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Farr
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D002321:Career Choice; D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D013689:Telephone