@ARTICLE{Gholizadgougjehyaran, author = {Gholizadgougjehyaran, H. and Motaarefi, H. and Sakhaei, Sh. and Ashrafi, M. and Zinalpoor, S. and }, title = {Effect of Virtual Triage Training on the Accuracy of Triage of Emergency Nurses}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, abstract ={Aims: Currently, one of the teaching methods in medicine and paramedical education is based on cyberspace. Due to its availability everywhere and all the time through the Internet, this method of education has become a useful and reliable tool, so this study aimed to determine the effect of virtual triage training on the accuracy of nurses' triage. Instrument & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2020. The records of 350 patients referred to the emergency ward of Imam Khomeini and Qamar Bani Hashem hospitals of Khoy University of Medical Sciences in which the trial "Emergency Severity Index" triage had been actively implemented, was selected by simple random sampling. A questionnaire containing demographic information and a triage form based on the triage algorithm "Emergency deterioration index" was used to collect data. The triage form based on the triage algorithm "Emergency deterioration index" was filled by the researcher to diagnose triage error. The patient's triage level was determined. Then the triage level recorded by the triage nurse was compared with the triage level determined by the researcher. One month after implementing the training program, 350 patient files were reviewed by the researcher and the level of triage was determined, and the amount of triage error was checked. Data were compared by nonparametric Chi-square and McNemar tests. Findings: The triage error decreased from 28% before the intervention to 19.1% (p<00001). There was no statistically significant difference between demographic characteristics and triage error. Conclusion: Giving the necessary knowledge to nurses, especially emergency nurses, causes the reduction of the amount of triage error. }, URL = {http://sjiums.irshums.ac.ir/article-1-2-en.html}, eprint = {http://sjiums.irshums.ac.ir/article-1-2-en.pdf}, journal = {Scientific Journal of Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences}, doi = {}, year = {2022} }