Measuring adherence among nurses one year after training in applying the Modified Early Warning Score and Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation instruments

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1428-1433

  Ludikhuize, Jeroen ^a   de Jonge, Evert ^b   Goossens, Astrid ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherence to clinical protocol; Cardiac arrest; ICU admission; MEWS; Modified early warning score; Rapid response systems; SBAR; Track and trigger systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; PARAMETER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SCORING SYSTEM; SITUATION BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDATION; STAFF TRAINING; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054075325     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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