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Liu Q, Xie C, Tan J, Xu L, Zhou F, Peng L. Exploring the nurses' experiences in recognising and managing clinical deterioration in emergency patients: A qualitative study. Aust Crit Care 2024; 37:309-317. [PMID: 37455210 DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Emergency Department (ED) patients are particularly at a high risk of deterioration. The frontline nurses are key players in identifying and responding to deterioration events; however, few studies have sought to explore the whole process of recognition and management of clinical deterioration by emergency nurses. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of emergency nurses and provide a whole picture of how they recognise and manage clinical deterioration. METHODS A qualitative descriptive study involving 11 senior nurses and seven junior nurses was conducted in the ED of a 3000-bed tertiary general hospital using semistructured interviews. The interviews were transcribed and thematically analysed. FINDINGS Four salient themes emerged from the data analysis. The first, 'early recognition and response', revealed the importance of vital signs assessment in recognising and responding to clinical deterioration. The second, 'information transfer', depicted the skills and difficulties of transferring information in escalations of care. The third, 'abilities, education, and training', presented the abilities that emergency nurses should have and their perspectives on training. The fourth, 'support culture', described the major role of senior nurses in collaboration with colleagues in the ED. CONCLUSIONS This study explored the experiences of emergency nurses in recognising and managing clinical deterioration. The findings illuminate the need to support the critical role of emergency nurses, with an emphasis on their abilities and continuous interprofessional collaboration training to improve the recognition and management of clinical deterioration.
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- Qingqing Liu
- Teaching and Research Section of Clinical Nursing, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; Orthopedics Department, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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- Teaching and Research Section of Clinical Nursing, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China.
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- Teaching and Research Section of Clinical Nursing, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China; Organ Transplantation Center, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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- Teaching and Research Section of Clinical Nursing, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China; Orthopedics Department, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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- Teaching and Research Section of Clinical Nursing, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China; Emergency Department, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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- Teaching and Research Section of Clinical Nursing, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; Orthopedics Department, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Silva Gomes V, Cardoso Júnior MM. The effect of sleepiness in situation awareness: A scoping review. Work 2024:WOR230115. [PMID: 38277325 DOI: 10.3233/wor-230115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Situational awareness is the acquisition of information from elements present in the work environment, the perception of the meaning of this information, and the prediction of future working conditions. Sleepiness and fatigue can influence an individual's ability to reach situation awareness, decision-making, and performance on a task. OBJECTIVE This scoping review examines methods used to assess situational awareness, fatigue, sleepiness, and their interrelationships.METHODSA systematic search of online databases was conducted to identify experimental, peer-reviewed articles published in English between 2017 and 2022. A total of 29 publications were selected for analysis. RESULTS The selected studies originated from various countries, primarily in the northern hemisphere. Health and automotive engineering were the academic categories with the highest publications. The studies employed objective and subjective methods to assess situational awareness, fatigue, and sleepiness. CONCLUSIONS Most studies reported a decline in situational awareness during fatigue and sleepiness conditions, although one study did not find this association. Future research should focus on employing objective methods to analyze cognitive factors, increasing sample sizes, and conducting testing in real-world situations.
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Albutt A, Roland D, Lawton R, Conner M, O’Hara J. Capturing Parents' Perspectives of Child Wellness to Support Identification of Acutely Unwell Children in the Emergency Department. J Patient Saf 2022; 18:410-414. [PMID: 35948290 PMCID: PMC9329037 DOI: 10.1097/pts.0000000000000949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Early signs of serious illness can be difficult to recognize in children and a delayed response can result in poor outcomes. Drawing on the unique knowledge of parents and carers may improve identification of the deteriorating child. However, there is a lack of evidence exploring parental perspectives as part of track and trigger systems. This study examines the utility of capturing parent-reported child wellness, using the Patient Wellness Questionnaire for Pediatrics, to support identification of acutely unwell children presenting to the Emergency Department. METHODS Parent-reported child wellness was recorded alongside the Pediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS), a multidimensional scoring system akin to a Pediatric Early Warning Score, used as part of routine care. Multiple linear regression assessed the independent effects of 3 variables (parent-reported child wellness, nurse concern, and child age) on POPS and hospital admission. RESULTS Data were collected for 407 children. All 3 variables explained a statistically significant proportion of variance in POPS (F(3, 403) = 7.525, P < 0.001, R2 = 0.053), with parent-reported child wellness (B = 0.223, SE = 0.054, β = 0.202, P < 0.001) having the strongest effect. Approximately 10% of the children with no physiological derangement were rated as "very poorly" by their parents. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that parents have insight in to the wellness of their children that is reflected in the physiological assessment. Some parents' perceptions about their child's wellness were not consistent with the score captured in the same assessment. More work is needed to understand how to use and address parental perspectives and concerns to support clinical decision making and the management of acute illness.
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- Abigail Albutt
- From the Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group, Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford
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- Paediatric Emergency Medicine Leicester Academic (PEMLA) Group, Children’s Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester
- SAPPHIRE Group, University of Leicester, Leicester
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- From the Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group, Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford
- School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds
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- School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds
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- From the Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group, Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford
- School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Al-Moteri M. Mental model for information processing and decision-making in emergency care. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0269624. [PMID: 35679348 PMCID: PMC9182258 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Uncertainty and time pressure in emergency departments add a challenge to the rational decision-making process, specifically when encountering a critical patient who requires a prompt response. However, there has been little attempt to develop a mental structure model to understand the thought processes and identify cognitive weaknesses points in nurses’ decision-making. A better understanding can inform changes in both practice learning strategies and decision-making in emergency department. This study aims to better understand how newly employed nurses process information and initiate actions in emergency situations characterized by time constraints and uncertainty. Method Participants worked under time pressure and uncertainty to solve a simulated shock case by establishing an assumption of what type of shock the simulated patient might have and its cause. An 8-minute window was available to initiate action. Following the simulation, a retrospective think-aloud interview was conducted. Findings Participants’ ability to identify the category of shock was better than their ability to identify the underlaying cause of the shock. This influenced their ability to intervene correctly. Participants’ thinking process in an emergency situation can be organized using ABCDE acronym as follows: (1) awareness of the situation, followed by, an instant (2) generation of beliefs (presumption), (3) controlling the consequence (first-line management action), (4) involvement in deliberate thinking and, finally (5) execution, actions (second-line management action). The cognitive weakness was mainly noticed during the first-line management action when participants were involved in immediate lifesaving activities. Conclusion Classification of the steps involved in decision-making when encountering emergency situations may provide insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the thought process at different stages. Further studies are required.
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- Modi Al-Moteri
- Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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Patient Deterioration on General Care Units: A Concept Analysis. ANS Adv Nurs Sci 2022; 45:E56-E68. [PMID: 34879020 DOI: 10.1097/ans.0000000000000396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Patient deterioration is a phenomenon that occurs from the inability to recognize it or respond to a change in condition. Despite the published reports on recognizing a deteriorating patient on general care floors, a gap remains in the ability of nurses to describe the concept, affecting patient outcomes. Walker and Avant's approach was applied to analyze patient deterioration. The aim of this article was to explore and clarify the meaning of patient deterioration and identify attributes, antecedents, and consequences. The defining attributes were compared to early warning scores. An operational definition was developed and its value to nurses established.
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Bernstein SL, Catchpole K, Kelechi TJ, Nemeth LS. Systems Level Factors Affecting Registered Nurses During Care of Women in Labor Experiencing Clinical Deterioration. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2022; 48:309-318. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2022.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Walshe N, Ryng S, Drennan J, O'Connor P, O'Brien S, Crowley C, Hegarty J. Situation awareness and the mitigation of risk associated with patient deterioration: A meta-narrative review of theories and models and their relevance to nursing practice. Int J Nurs Stud 2021; 124:104086. [PMID: 34601204 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Accurate situation awareness has been identified as a critical component of effective deteriorating patient response systems and an essential patient safety skill for nursing practice. However, situation awareness has been defined and theorised from multiple perspectives to explain how individuals, teams and systems maintain awareness in dynamic task environments. AIM Our aim was to critically analyse the different approaches taken to the study of situation awareness in healthcare and explore the implications for nursing practice and research as it relates to clinical deterioration in ward contexts. METHODS We undertook a meta-narrative review of the healthcare literature to capture how situation awareness has been defined, theorised and studied in healthcare. Following an initial scoping review, we conducted an extensive search of ten electronic databases and included any theoretical, empirical or critical papers with a primary focus on situation awareness in an inpatient hospital setting. Included papers were collaboratively categorised in accordance with their theoretical framing, research tradition and paradigm with a narrative review presented. RESULTS A total of 120 papers were included in this review. Three overarching narratives reflecting philosophical, patient safety and solution focussed framings of situation awareness and seven meta-narratives were identified as follows: individual, team and systems perspectives of situation awareness (meta-narratives 1-3), situation awareness and patient safety (meta-narrative 4), communication tools, technologies and education to support situation awareness (meta-narratives 5-7). We identified a concentration of literature from anaesthesia and operating rooms and a body of research largely located within a cognitive engineering tradition and a positivist research paradigm. Endsley's situation awareness model was applied in over 80% of the papers reviewed. A minority of papers drew on alternative situation awareness theories including constructivist, collaborative and distributed perspectives. CONCLUSIONS Nurses have a critical role in identifying and escalating the care of deteriorating patients. There is a need to build on prior studies and reflect on the reality of nurse's work and the constraints imposed on situation awareness by the demands of busy inpatient wards. We suggest that this will require an analysis that complements but goes beyond the dominant cognitive engineering tradition to reflect the complex socio-cultural reality of ward-based teams and to explore how situation awareness emerges in increasingly complex, technologically enabled distributed healthcare systems.
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- Nuala Walshe
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, Cork T12 AK54, Ireland.
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, Cork T12 AK54, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, Cork T12 AK54, Ireland.
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- Department of General Practice, National University of Ireland, Distillery Road, Newcastle, Co Galway H91 TK33, Ireland.
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, Cork T12 AK54, Ireland.
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, Cork T12 AK54, Ireland.
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, Cork T12 AK54, Ireland.
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Kennedy J, Astroth KM, Woith WM, Novotny NL, Jenkins SH. New nurse graduates and rapidly changing clinical situations: the role of expert critical care nurse mentors. Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh 2021; 18:ijnes-2020-0131. [PMID: 34570967 DOI: 10.1515/ijnes-2020-0131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES New nurse graduates may be prone to instances of failure to rescue. Mentoring programs may be an opportunity to assist them with clinical decision making in situations of patient decline. We explored the experiences of new nurse graduates and expert nurses after participation in a mentoring program. METHODS In this exploratory-descriptive study, five seasoned nurses were paired with five new nurse graduates. After four months, the new nurse graduates were interviewed, and the expert nurses participated in a focus group. RESULTS Themes emerged for the new nurse graduates: 1) importance of the charge nurse, 2) differences in practice areas, and 3) supportive healthcare teams. The focus group revealed three themes: 1) remembering what it was like, 2) desiring to help, and 3) having confidence in their preparation as mentors. CONCLUSIONS New nurse graduates relied on charge nurses for assistance. Therefore, it is imperative that charge nurses receive adequate support.
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