Standard vital signs monitoring versus intervention type monitoring
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
UCT Faculty of Health Sciences Clinical Trials Unit
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Training programme: a) All nurses in full-time employment in the 3 intervention wards including those on night duty Record review: b) Patient records for retrospective record review on discharge will include all patients 18 years of age and older who were admitted to the 3 intervention wards and the 3 control wards during the period of study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who are Not for Resuscitation, those who are transferred out of the ward to another department and those whose clinical records are unavailable Incomplete records (not including a vital signs chart and the Nursing Record/Progress Notes or, in the intervention wards, the MEWS chart and SBAR where appropriate) and missing records will be counted but excluded for analysis as these reduce availability for sampling.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Nurses reporting behaviour, that is, proportion of responses to early signs of clinical and physiological deterioration judged as appropriate, assessed by investigators using MEWS criteria (reference) from documentation in patients records. | — |
Countries
South Africa
Contacts
Public ContactDelva Shamley
Deputy Director, Clinical Research Centre
Outcome results
None listed