Observation charts with overlapping blood pressure and heart rate graphs do not yield the performance advantage that health professionals assume: An experimental study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 610-624

  Christofidis, Melany J ^a   Hill, Andrew ^a,b   Horswill, Mark S ^a   Watson, Marcus O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deterioration; Human factors; Nursing; Observation chart; Seagull Sign; Shock index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OBSERVATION CHART; SEAGULL SIGN; SHOCK; YOUNG ADULT;

DETERIORATION; HUMAN FACTORS; NURSING; OBSERVATION CHART; SEAGULL SIGN; SHOCK INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892898551     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12223     Document Type: Article

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