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Triage often is extra challenging with elderly patients, says Korene Christianson, RN, CEN, ED clinical director at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis, TN. "We are seeing a growing number of patients over the age of 65 in our ED," she says. "Finding out the 'main reason they came today' is often the biggest challenge."

Novel ways to improve triage of elderly patients