This guide provides new and seasoned nurses, preceptors, educators, and management teams with foundational skills that can be used throughout the triage orientation process as well as when practicing as an experienced triage nurse. Concepts highlighted include building confidence in the triage role, accurately assessing patient presentations, reducing personnel and hospital liability, increasing patient and staff satisfaction, and delivering quality patient care that supports best outcomes. It covers setting the stage for success at triage, point-of-entry processing in triage nursing, nursing essentials for effective triage, current trends impacting triage nursing, "red flag" patient presentations, and special considerations in triage nursing. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)