The primacy of vital signs - Acute care nurses' and midwives' use of physical assessment skills: A cross sectional study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 951-962

  Osborne, Sonya ^a,b   Douglas, Clint ^a,b   Reid, Carol ^a,b   Jones, Lee ^c   Gardner, Glenn ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute care; Barriers to physical assessment; Clinical deterioration; Health assessment; Hospital rapid response team; Nursing assessment; Nursing observation; Physical assessment; Physical examination; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING STAFF; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84933279089     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.01.014     Document Type: Article

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