Can nurses appropriately interpret the Ottawa Ankle Rule?

Can nurses appropriately interpret the Ottawa Ankle Rule?

[...]the authors conclude a moderate ability of nurses to interpret the overall OAR for the ordering of x-rays and supervision by EPs is advocated. [...]the observational trial by Fiesseler and colleagues presented the interesting finding that interobserver agreement for OAR between triage nurses an...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2005-03, Vol.23 (2), p.201-202
Hauptverfasser: Derksen, Robert J., Bakker, Fred C., Termaat, Marco F., de Lange-de Klerk, Elly S.M., Patka, Peter, Haarman, Henk J.Th.M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accuracy
Agreements
Ankle Injuries - diagnosis
Ankle Injuries - nursing
Clinical Competence - standards
Confidence intervals
Decision Trees
Emergency medical care
Emergency Medicine - standards
Emergency Nursing - standards
Humans
Medical diagnosis
Nurses
Observer Variation
Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods
Research Design
Sensitivity and Specificity
Statistical methods
Triage - methods
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Zusammenfassung:[...]the authors conclude a moderate ability of nurses to interpret the overall OAR for the ordering of x-rays and supervision by EPs is advocated. [...]the observational trial by Fiesseler and colleagues presented the interesting finding that interobserver agreement for OAR between triage nurses and EPs is moderate.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2004.08.021