triage nurse
Emergency room sorter
A triage nurse is a nurse who assesses patients as they arrive at an emergency room or urgent care facility, determining the severity of their conditions and the order in which they should be seen.
The role requires quick judgment calls about who needs immediate attention and who can safely wait: The triage nurse took one look at his chest pain and rushed him straight back.
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- emergency roomHospital crisis department
- first responderInitial crisis scene personnel
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- chief complaintPrimary reason seeking care
vital signs · waiting room · waiting area · clipboard · urgent · priority · blood pressure · stretcher · ambulance · scrubs · fast track · walking wounded · intake · symptoms · medical history · critical · stabilize · gurney
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- Emergency RoomER doctor, trauma bay, gurney, stretcher, waiting room
- emergencies911, ambulance, emergency, emergency room, ER
- essential workersdoctor, paramedic, EMT, firefighter, police officer
- hospital staffdoctor, department head, surgeon, attending physician, physician
- service workersserver, waiter, waitress, bartender, barista
triage nursesurgeon
Physician who operates
attending physician · trauma surgeon · specialist · interventionist · emergency physician
triage, nurse, nurses, nursed, nursing, nursery, nurser, triaged, triaging