title: Assessing confidence in triage decision making: evaluation of an inventory in a sample of navy and civilian nurses.
abstract: Triage decision making and prioritizing nursing care are essential nursing skills in all clinical settings. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Triage Decision Making Inventory in a sample of Navy and civilian nurses with diverse clinical specialties and years of clinical experience. Establishing reliability and validity allows staff development educators to evaluate training strategies that promote confidence in decision making among nurses of all specialty practices.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of South Alabama, S721 USA Drive N. Mobile, AL 36688, USA. anitajoelsmith@gmail.com
authors.forename: Anita J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003657:Decision Making; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014218:Triage / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States