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.