The clinical neglect of vital signs' assessment: an emerging patient safety issue?

IF 1.2 4区 医学 Q3 NURSING
Contemporary Nurse Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Epub Date: 2022-08-10 DOI:10.1080/10376178.2022.2109494
Malcolm Elliott, Ruth Endacott
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Abstract

Objectives: Vital signs assessment is a critical component of acute clinical care. Despite this, research has consistently found that the assessment of these signs is often neglected in clinical practice. This paper highlights three recent cases reported in the media where the neglect of vital signs assessment resulted in patient mortality.Results: Recent media reports highlighted the potentially devastating consequences of vital signs not being rigorously assessed, including avoidable death. The public needs to be confident they will receive safe, quality health care when they are admitted to hospital.Conclusion: The neglect of vital signs assessment places patients at risk of poor outcomes. Early detection of clinical deterioration via the assessment of vital signs facilitates prompt medical intervention. Factors contributing to the neglect of vital signs assessment need to be identified and corrective action is taken to improve the safety of clinical care.

临床忽视生命体征评估:一个新出现的患者安全问题?
目的:生命体征评估是急性临床护理的重要组成部分。尽管如此,研究一致发现,在临床实践中,这些症状的评估往往被忽视。本文重点介绍了最近媒体报道的三个病例,其中忽视生命体征评估导致患者死亡。结果:最近的媒体报道强调了没有严格评估生命体征的潜在破坏性后果,包括可避免的死亡。公众需要确信,他们在入院时将得到安全、优质的医疗保健。结论:忽视生命体征评估使患者存在预后不良的风险。通过生命体征的评估及早发现临床恶化有助于及时的医疗干预。需要确定导致忽视生命体征评估的因素,并采取纠正措施,以提高临床护理的安全性。
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Contemporary Nurse
Contemporary Nurse 医学-护理
CiteScore
2.00
自引率
6.20%
发文量
38
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Contemporary Nurse is an international peer-reviewed journal designed to increase nursing skills, knowledge and communication, assist in professional development and to enhance educational standards by publishing stimulating, informative and useful articles on a range of issues influencing professional nursing research, teaching and practice. Contemporary Nurse is a forum for nursing educators, researchers and professionals who require high-quality, peer-reviewed research on emerging research fronts, perspectives and protocols, community and family health, cross-cultural research, recruitment, retention, education, training and practitioner perspectives. Contemporary Nurse publishes original research articles, reviews and discussion papers.
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