The correlation between Knowledge and Experience of Nurses toward Triage Decision Making at Lombok Nusa Tenggara Barat Rukmana Baiq Fitrihan1,*, Ahsan2, Putra Kuswantoro Rusca2 1Master Program of Nursing, University of Brawijaya 2Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brawijaya *Corresponding Author: Baiq Fitrihan Rukmana Student of Master Program of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brawijaya, Jalan Veteran, Ketawanggede, Kecamatan Lowokwaru, Malang, Indonesia Email: anafitribaiq@gmail.com
Online published on 13 November, 2019. Abstract Triage is important to do at emergency unit. It is used to determine priority of emergency state action so medical team can promote treatment for patients who need urgent and accurate treatment to improve life opportunity of them. Triage process is started when a patients gets into ICU where the nurses assess based on subjective and objective findings which are done quickly and accurately. However, execution of triage needs sufficient knowledge and experience to find out priority of the patient. This research has purpose to find out the correlation between knowledge and experience toward triage decision making at emergency unit of Lombok Nusa Tenggara Barat hospital. This research is an analytic observational by using cross sectional with 135 respondents. The findings show that there is correlation between knowledge and experience toward the decision making with each p value is 0.000. Linier regression shows knowledge becomes the most correlated variable in decision making of triage. Knowledge and experience of working become the most important variables of nurses in making decision so medical service can be improved. Top Keywords Triage, Life Opportunity, Emergency Unit. Top |