The Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) module educates perinatal nurses about obstetric triage basics—the meaning of triage in obstetrics, the nurse’s role, and the benefits of using a systematic approach to improve the process of triage and outcomes factoring in social determinants of health, health equity, and implicit bias.

The MFTI is a five-level obstetric acuity tool for nurses to use when they triage a woman presenting for care to a birth unit in order to prioritize the woman's urgency for provider evaluation. It is the first obstetric acuity tool developed by a professional society for …

What is AWHONN’s Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI)? The Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) is a five-level acuity index for nurses to apply to their maternal and fetal assessments when a woman presents to an obstetric unit for care in order to classify a woman’s acuity and prioritize the women’s urgency for provider evaluation based on acuity.

What is AWHONN’s Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI)? The Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) is a five-level acuity index for nurses to apply to their maternal and fetal nursing assessments when a woman presents to an obstetric unit for care in order to classify a woman’s acuity and prioritize the women’s urgency for

The Maternal-Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) is a standardized tool for obstetrical triage with good interrater reliability. 7, 8 Pregnant women are classified based on acuity using a 5-level system ranging from priority 1 (highest acuity) to priority 5 (lowest acuity).

How can the MFTI improve care? •Not missing abnormal presenting vital signs •Early identification of need to transfer to higher level of care •Not missing scheduled women who have complaints •Proper attention to –non-ctx pain –women not coping with labor –decreased fetal movement –possible preterm contractions @2015 AWHONN 38

The MFTI facilitates effective evidence-based triage of pregnant women by improving timeliness of care, rapidly identifying clinical needs, and promoting an environment that supports patient safety and favorable health outcomes.

The Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) (Ruhl et al., 2015) offers a standard method of assigning an acuity score to pregnant women presenting to the hospital for care. It is thought to be the first OB triage acuity tool validated for multidisciplinary use (Ruhl et al.). The MFTI uses a five-tiered approach to categorizing acuity.

2015年11月13日 · The MFTI includes specific descriptions of the signs and symptoms with which women may present during all trimesters of pregnancy. Based on these symptoms, nurses assign one of five acuity levels to the woman and/or fetus. A brief video with additional details on the MFTI tool is available on YouTube.

Objective: To describe the development and content validity testing of the Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI), a standardized tool for obstetric triage. Design: Online survey. Participants: Participants included 15 registered nurses, 15 certified nurse-midwives, and 15 physicians from across the United States who provided maternity care.