Surgical ward nurses ’ responses to worry: an observational descriptive study

Rapid response systems aim to improve early recognition and treatment of deteriorating general ward patients. Sole reliance on deviating vital signs to escalate care in rapid response systems disregards nurses ’ judgments about a patient’s condition based on worry and other indicators of deterioration. To make worry explicit, the Dutch-Early-Nurse-Worry-Indicator-Score was developed, summarising non-quantifiable signs of deterioration in the nine indicators: breathing, circulation, temperature, mentat ion, agitation, pain, unexpected trajectory, patient indicates not feeling well and nurses’ subjective observations.
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research