Developing a vital sign alert system

This article describes the implementation of a nurse-designed, automated system for enhancing patient monitoring on medical-surgical and step-down nursing units. The system, which is not derived from any of the early warning scoring systems described in nursing literature, was developed and put into...

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Published inThe American journal of nursing Vol. 113; no. 8; p. 36
Main Author Jones, Barbara G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.2013
Subjects
Computers, Handheld
Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
Decision Support Systems, Clinical - organization & administration
Heart Arrest - prevention & control
Humans
Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation
Monitoring, Physiologic - methods
Pilot Projects
Software Design
Tertiary Care Centers
Virginia
Vital Signs
Virginia
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Summary:This article describes the implementation of a nurse-designed, automated system for enhancing patient monitoring on medical-surgical and step-down nursing units. The system, which is not derived from any of the early warning scoring systems described in nursing literature, was developed and put into place at a large tertiary hospital in eastern Virginia and found to substantially reduce out-of-unit codes without increasing nurses' workload.
ISSN:1538-7488
DOI:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000432962.33881.65