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Abstract
Emergency department (ED) is an integral unit of the hospital, it is designed to provide immediate care twenty four hours every day to patients who are suffering from acute injuries as well as patients with life threatening conditions. Worldwide, the number of patients arriving at ED has increased over the past few years. This raised a concern of the need for a system that assessed and classified patients in the order of urgency. An effective triage system aims to ensure that patients seeking emergency care receive appropriate attention, in a suitable location, with the requisite degree of urgency and that emergency care is initiated in response to clinical need rather than order of arrival. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of implementing triage training competencies on newly graduated nurses (NGNs’) working in emergency department (ED) at emergency hospital. Methods: A quasi experimental research design utilized during the current study and it was conducted on 50 NGNs’ who have a bachelor degree of nursing and are involved in providing direct care for emergency patients in the Emergency Hospital at Mansoura University and who are willing to participate in the study was constitute the study sample (study group). While control group of (25 nurses) who have a bachelor degree of nursing and are involved in providing direct care for emergency patients in Talkha Hospital. Results: The results of the present study indicated that a highly statistical significant difference P=0.000 were found between the study and control groups in relation to NGNs’ knowledge and practice immediately and two month post program implementation. Conclusion: The findings of this study indicated that there are deficits in triage knowledge and skills of NGNs’ working in the ED of the emergency hospital. With these findings it is therefore imperative to establish proper triage training program that will help to establishment and improvement of NGNs’ knowledge and skills on triaging in emergency hospital.