A national cross sectional survey of heads of midwifery services of uptake, benefits and barriers to use of obstetric early warning systems (EWS) by midwives

Midwifery

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1140-1146

  Bick, Debra E ^a   Beake, Sarah ^a   Hundley, Vanora ^a   van Tiejlingen, Edwin ^a   Sheppard, Zoe A ^a   Thomas, Sarah ^a   Allen, Helen ^a   Sandall, Jane ^a   Furuta, Marie ^b   Wee, Michael Y K ^c   Isaacs, Richard ^d   Smith, Gary B ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Maternal morbidity; Midwifery; Obstetric Early Warning Systems; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84908011119     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.03.016     Document Type: Article

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