title: Transcribing in triage: the Wrexham experience.
abstract: The Manchester triage methodology and the practice of analgesic transcribing were introduced to the Accident & Emergency Department of the Wrexham Maelor Hospital in April 1998. The concept of nurse led transcribing is relatively new and its introduction was not without an element of administrative caution. The project was successfully implemented owing to the strategic input from a multidisciplinary group and elaborate steps towards quality assurance through audit. This paper describes the steps of implementation of this transcribing project and its successful completion through a prospective audit. Although there is a paucity of published literature in this topic, the Wrexham Pain Triage Group wishes to extend this implementation methodology into other areas of innovative nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Accident & Emergency, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham LL13 7TD, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics