Signs and symptoms, apart from vital signs, that trigger nurses' concerns about deteriorating conditions in hospitalized paediatric patients: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This scoping review aimed to identify and map the signs and symptoms-apart from vital signs-that trigger nurses' concerns about the deteriorating conditions of hospitalized paediatric patients.

Design

A scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology.

Methods

Six databases, including MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, Scopus, Swemed and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses databases, were searched systematically. Of 5795 citations, seven matched the inclusion criteria.

Results

Objective observations, such as the patient's colour, pain-level changes, and behavioural observations, were identified as signs that would trigger nurses' concerns. Nurse's intuitive feelings or gut feelings when seeing a patient was also identified as an i

SUBMITTER: Jensen CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8685853 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature