Vital sign assessment and nursing interventions in medical and surgical patients with rapid response system triggers.

ABSTRACT:

Aim(s)

To explore vital sign assessment (both complete and incomplete sets of vital signs), and escalation of care per policy and nursing interventions in response to clinical deterioration.

Design

This cohort study is a secondary analysis of data from the Prioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations cluster randomised controlled trial of a facilitation intervention on nurses' vital sign measurement and escalation of care for deteriorating patients.

Methods

The study was conducted in 36 wards at four metropolitan hospitals in Victoria, Australia. Medical records of all included patients from the study wards during three randomly selected 24-h periods within the same week were audited at three time points: pre-intervention (June 2016), and at

SUBMITTER: Considine J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946594 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature