Nurses' 'worry' as predictor of deteriorating surgical ward patients: A prospective cohort study of the Dutch-Early-Nurse-Worry-Indicator-Score

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 134-140

  Douw, Gooske ^a,b   Huisman de Waal, Getty ^a   van Zanten, Arthur R H ^a   van der Hoeven, Johannes G ^b   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^a,c  

^a GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DENWIS; Deterioration; Early recognition; Hospital rapid response team; Intensive care unit; Nurses; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPEECH; SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY; VITAL SIGN; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84963957884     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.04.006     Document Type: Article

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