Competency of triage nurse in the emergency department: A scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Triage is an essential strategy to mitigate crowding and guarantee patients' safety in emergency departments. To improve the quality of triage in emergency departments, Nurses should be equipped with the necessary competencies. Therefore, this review aims to synthesize available evidence on the competency elements required for triage nurses in emergency departments and to identify factors that influence their competency development.

Methods and analysis

This scoping review will be implemented following the five steps outlined by Arksey and O'Malley. We will use the PCC (population, concept, context) frameworks-Triage nurse (Population), Nursing competency (Concept), and EDs (Context)- to determine the research questions, and formulate the search terms. We will s

SUBMITTER: Yu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12419642 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature