What factors influence suboptimal ward care in the acutely ill ward patient?

What factors influence suboptimal ward care in the acutely ill ward patient?

As technological developments continue to offer patients more health care choices patient acuity increases. Patients that traditionally would have been cared for in a critical care environment are increasingly located on general wards. This change impacts on the acute care sector in a number of ways. Patients who are inpatients have more complex problems and a greater number of co-morbidities a...

What factors influence suboptimal ward care in the acutely ill ward patient?

What factors influence ward nurses’ recognition of and response to patient deterioration? An integrative review of the literature

AIM In this integrative review, we aimed to: first, identify and summarize published studies relating to ward nurses' recognition of and response to patient deterioration; second, to critically evaluate studies that described or appraised the practice of ward nurses in recognizing and responding to patient deterioration; and third, identify gaps in the literature for further research. DESIGN ...

Initiative to change ward culture results in better patient care.

One of the main features of ward rounds is the professional conversation that occurs between doctors and nurses. Such conversation needs to be perfected to avoid iatrogenic harm and increase efficiency. This article looks at data collected from 146 consultant-led medical ward rounds at a hospital trust using the Caldwell considerative checklist process (Herring et al 2011) to identify the frequ...

Do post-take ward round proformas improve communication and influence quality of patient care?

The post-take ward round is a critical time for reviewing the initial history, examination and results, and the stage at which further treatment and investigations will be determined. However documentation of this ward round is often inadequate, so the benefits of decision making are lost. The documentation of 95 ward rounds was assessed for key items of information before and after the introdu...