Triage nurses
are integral part of a nursing staffing agency
business, healthcare staffing business, and home care
service provider.
The demand for
triage nurses have increase significantly and a boom
for the nursing staffing agency, healthcare staffing
business, and healthcare recruiters. Because of the
increase requirements in becoming a triage nurses, the
triage nurse positions have been hard to fill. Because
of these shortage of triage nurses, clinics have been
placing permanent placement job orders to healthcare
recruiters, nursing agencies, healthcare staffing
agency.
As a
telephone nurse triage. Triage nurse must have
confidence with their skills, experienced in different
clinical settings, must have good documentation
skills, must continue and be up to date with their
education and new protocols, ability to use computer
and must be problem solvers.
A lot of
states requires that to be a triage nurse they must be
an RN and have great deal of experience. It is not a
job for newly graduate nurses. Telephone triage nurses
must be able to assess the callers situation without
the advantage of visual and physical contact and
interaction. That means they must have listening
skills and must pay attention to any small signs and
symptoms of the caller condition such as pain,
anxiety, alertness and orientations. After assessment
the triage nurse must be able to guide the caller to
the type of treatments they need. Since nurses can not
diagnose, depends on the practice of your state, then
the triage nurses must have the ability to use
computerized generated steps to advise the caller.
Educational
requirements for triage nurses are not required, check
the nursing practice in your state. Classes are
available for triage nurses, but experience plays a
major important factor in the requirements for a
healthcare staffing agency, nursing agencies, and
healthcare recruiting employer. Certification for
triage nurses are not usually required but employers
such as clinics, nursing agencies, healthcare staffing
agency, healthcare recruiter but certifications
confirms your competency and reflections of your
credentials.
Triage nurses
usually work after hours, week ends, and holidays.
Business hours calls are usually handled by clinics.
Many triage nurses works only part time.
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