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Author (up) Blair, K.M.
Title Recognising the sick patient: An emergency nurses view: A research paper Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Emergency nursing; Patient safety; Diagnosis; Training; Clinical decision making
Abstract This paper reports on a literature review that examines how health professionals (mainly nurses) recognise the signs of physical deterioration in their patients. It includes discussion of how nurses' clinical decision making skills influence how physical deterioration is identified and determines what changes in the delivery of care could have an impact on emergency department patients at risk of life threatening deterioration.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 467
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