Emergency Triage Education Kit (ETEK)
| Thursday, October 5, 2023 |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Meeting Room 1-3 |
Overview
Kate Ruperto
Details
Session chair: Jonathon Burcham
Speaker
Ms Kate Ruperto
Senior Project Officer
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Emergency Triage Education Kit (ETEK)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMAbstract
The national project to review and update the Emergency Triage Education Kit (ETEK) is almost complete. This presentation will outline the process, who has been involved, the main changes to the ETEK and what comes next.
Key information drawn from the needs analysis which informed the project will be presented, including an overview of the feedback and advice received from CENA members and ED clinicians through the 1230 responses to the project survey conducted in December 2022.
A multi-faceted approach is required to support triage nurses to provide consistently safe, high-quality triage and care. To ensure effective collaboration, this project has involved significant consultation and engagement with clinicians, consumers, academia and state and territory representatives to identify the education requirements which inform the ETEK content development.
The process of reviewing the ETEK has identified and prompted great examples of practical actions to support safe and high-quality triage being undertaken by states and territories across Australia. A number of these will be highlighted for ICEN delegates.
Key information drawn from the needs analysis which informed the project will be presented, including an overview of the feedback and advice received from CENA members and ED clinicians through the 1230 responses to the project survey conducted in December 2022.
A multi-faceted approach is required to support triage nurses to provide consistently safe, high-quality triage and care. To ensure effective collaboration, this project has involved significant consultation and engagement with clinicians, consumers, academia and state and territory representatives to identify the education requirements which inform the ETEK content development.
The process of reviewing the ETEK has identified and prompted great examples of practical actions to support safe and high-quality triage being undertaken by states and territories across Australia. A number of these will be highlighted for ICEN delegates.
Biography
Kate Ruperto has been an Emergency Nurse on the stunning south coast of NSW for over 20 years. With a Masters in Critical Care Nursing (Emergency) and a Graduate Diploma in Adult Education, Kate has worked in both Emergency and ICU as a Clinical Nurse Educator, Emergency Clinical Nurse Consultant and Nurse Educator. Kate has a keen interest in developing education to support emergency nurses to be knowledgeable and proactive clinicians who have patients at the centre of all that they do. It is this passion and her extensive experience that sees Kate currently leading the work on revising the Emergency Triage Education Kit (ETEK).
