Affiliation
Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland.Issue Date
2012-01-31T16:48:19ZMeSH
Acute Disease/*classificationAlgorithms
Decision Trees
Documentation
Education, Nursing, Continuing
Emergency Nursing/education/methods/standards
Emergency Service, Hospital
Evidence-Based Practice
Hospital Units
Humans
Internal Medicine
Ireland
Nursing Assessment/*methods/standards
Nursing Audit
Nursing Evaluation Research
Nursing Staff, Hospital/education/psychology
*Patient Admission
Pilot Projects
Predictive Value of Tests
*Severity of Illness Index
Triage/*methods/standards
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Br J Nurs. 2009 May 14-27;18(9):546-50.Journal
British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)PubMed ID
19448581Abstract
This article reports the implementation and impact of a standardized systematic evidence-based predictive score for the initial assessment of acutely ill medical patients. The Simple Clinical Score (SCS) was introduced in the A&E department and the medical floor of the authors' hospital between June 2007 and July 2008. The SCS was well received by the staff - 67% felt it greatly improved patient assessment and was very valuable for ensuring appropriate placement of the patient after admission and improved the quality of care. This article describes the change process, the pilot evaluation and the training programme undertaken during the implementation of the SCS. It is hoped that this experience will be of value to other project teams who are undertaking similar initiatives.Language
engISSN
0966-0461 (Print)0966-0461 (Linking)
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