As a nurse doing telephone triage from home, you will take calls from patients, assess their various symptoms, and then help to point them in the right direction regarding medical care.

Triage should be performed by the most educated and experienced people at the practice rather than the least experienced. Set conditions for telephone advice, including: a.

Independently perform telephone triage (medical assistants are not legally authorized to interpret data or diagnose symptoms!). Independently diagnose or treat patients.