A Mock Telephone Triage Experience for Nurse Practitioner Students
The ability to manage patient telephone calls competently and confidently is an important skill for nurse practitioners (NPs). A curriculum intervention was implemented in a pediatric NP program to promote this skill. Thirty-nine NP students participated in a mock telephone triage experience to determine whether triage, involving student/faculty mock parent telephone calls, would increase the student ’s confidence and competence. A Likert scale pre/post questionnaire surveying perceived confidence, competence, and readiness to practice revealed an increase in students’ confidence in decision making, assessing the patient, and making a diagnosis over the phone.
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - Category: Nursing Authors: Brigit VanGraafeiland, Deborah W. Busch, Shawna S. Mudd, Kimberly McIltrot, Kristen Brown, Martha Abshire Saylor, Joanne Silbert-Flagg, Elizabeth Sloand Tags: By Faculty for Faculty Source Type: research