1. Implementation of an Early Warning Scoring System to Identify Patients With Cancer at Risk for Deterioration
- Author
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Ellen Evans, MiKaela Olsen, and Kathy Mooney
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,Scoring system ,Risk Assessment ,InformationSystems_GENERAL ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Neoplasms ,Humans ,Medicine ,Cognitive Dysfunction ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Clinical care ,Aged ,Monitoring, Physiologic ,General Environmental Science ,Aged, 80 and over ,030504 nursing ,Warning system ,business.industry ,Nurse leaders ,Oncology Nursing ,Cancer ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Early Diagnosis ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Early warning system ,Female ,Medical emergency ,0305 other medical science ,business - Abstract
Early warning scoring systems are tools for nurses to help monitor their patients and improve how quickly a patient experiencing a sudden decline receives clinical care. Nurse leaders and frontline staff at a major academic medical center implemented a new early warning system that gives clear guidelines to nurses, nursing assistants, and other clinicians about vital-sign parameters and changes in patients' mental status. .
- Published
- 2016