NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
HEALTH INFORMATICS
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An evaluation process in which a group of patients is sorted according to the urgency of their need for care
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health literacy
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claims process
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medical record
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Triage
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Triage is a process whereby patients are sorted according to treatment priority, the purpose of which is to do the greatest good for the greatest number. Several schemes exist to define levels of triage.
Detailed explanation-2: -Triage of patients involves looking for signs of serious illness or injury. These emergency signs are connected to the Airway-Breathing-Circulation/Consciousness-Dehydration and are easily remembered as ABCD.
Detailed explanation-3: -MASS triage (Move, Assess, Sort, Send) Although this system is based on the START triage system, it does classify the injured people before individual examination [1]. This includes four stages of moving, evaluating, classifying and transferring.
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