Cristiane S Paula, Isabel A S Bordin, Jair Jesus Mari, Luciane Velasque, Luis A Rohde, Evandro S F Coutinho
The mental health care gap among children and adolescents: data from an epidemiological survey from four Brazilian regions
PloS one
triage first step providing prompt appropriate emergency nursing addressing diagnostic issues rapid clinical reasoning skills emergency nurses essential prompt decisionmaking emergency care nurses experience limitations emergency nursing begin triage crosssectional study explored mediating effect perceived triage competency clinical reasoning skills association korean triage acuity scale ktas proficiency emergency nursing competency webbased survey conducted 157 emergency nurses working 20 hospitals south korea midmay midjuly 2022 data collected utilizing selfadministered questionnaires measure ktas proficiency 48 tasks perceived triage competency 30 items clinical reasoning skills 26 items emergency nursing competency 78 items data analyzed using process macro model 6 perceived triage competency indirectly mediate relationship ktas proficiency emergency nursing competency perceived triage competency clinical reasoning skills significant predictors emergency nursing competency multiple linear mediating effect model found good fit f 8990 p 001 statistical power 150 r 0150 study indicates improving emergency nursing competency requires enhancing triage proficiency well perceived triage competency followed developing clinical reasoning skills starting triage emergency nurses