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Engaging staff with intentional rounding
Using intentional rounding on a medical assessment unit produced a drop in call bell frequency and improved patient experience. Staff buy-in was essential to the process
A tool to identify falling care quality
A safety trigger tool was developed so individual wards could anticipate where standards may start to deteriorate and therefore act to prevent care failures occurring
Can failure to rescue be a key indicator of patient safety?
A look at whether administrative data in English hospitals contain enough information to reliably report “failure to rescue” rates and to what extent they affect patient safety
Evaluating a critical care course
A study looked at how final-year student nurses felt they benefited from taking part in a critical care course
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Avoiding air embolism when removing CVCs
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Early warning scores: effective use
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How to develop patient trust in anorexia treatment
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Can adapted EWS improve response to deterioration?
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Simulation: can it eliminate failure to rescue?
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How postcards that asked four simple questions improved patient feedback on safety
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An immediate life support course improved nursing students' confidence and knowledge
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Are early warning scores the only way to rapidly detect and manage deterioration?
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Nurse intuition will be restricted if technology dominates care
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How to ensure patient observations lead to effective management of patients with oliguria
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How to ensure observations lead to prompt identification and management of hypotension
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How to ensure patient observations lead to effective management of tachycardia
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How to ensure patient observations lead to prompt identification of tachypnoea
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How to ensure patient observations lead to effective management of patients with pyrexia
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Why can't we see what is right in front of us?
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Prompt and aggressive management of sepsis gives patients the best chance of survival
Latest news
Seriously ill patients generate a 'primitive fear'
More attention should be paid to the psychological impact on nurses of providing care to increasingly acutely ill patients, according to a report produced by a health think tank for the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry.
Deteriorating patient initiative cuts cardiac arrests by a third
The introduction of a team of senior nurses and doctors trained to give emergency aid when a patient unexpectedly deteriorates has seen cardiac arrest calls slashed at a North West hospital.
ANPs cut inpatient cardiac arrests by fifth
A team of advanced nurse practitioners on call 24 hours a day have helped reduce the number of cardiac arrests at their trust by a fifth.
Trusts fail to use early warning systems to identify deteriorating patients
Hospitals are not using early warning systems to identify deteriorating patients, despite evidence they can help reduce hospital death rates.
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Hospital staff miss danger signs in deteriorating patients
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Deterioration in community patients routinely overlooked
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Rush to market cancer test breakthrough
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Mortality rates plummet with frequent patient observations
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Mid Staffs nurses given anonymity
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Warning over faulty vital signs monitors
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Omega-3 ineffective in slowing Alzheimer's, study says
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Student nurses show poor skills in treating deteriorating patients
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COPD could cost UK economy £1.2bn
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IT system to check nurses' observation practice
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End of life care 'could be better'
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Gene testing could tell how long patients will live
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Test identifies aggressive DCIS breast cancer
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Parkinson's drug breakthrough offers new hope for treatment
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Five million adults 'act as carers'
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Bath hoist warning issued
