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National survey of observation and monitoring practices of children in hospital

24 July 2008

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Aim: Prior to the implementation of a systematic approach to the observation and monitoring of children at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH) a survey was...

Use of a paediatric early warning system in emergency departments

02 April 2009

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has recently implemented a generic paediatric early warning tool that can be used throughout its paediatric services, from admission...

A paediatric early warning scoring system for a remote rural area

03 July 2012

Nursing Children and Young People

A&S Science

Health professionals can fail to identify and treat serious illness or acute deterioration in children because of a lack of relevant training, experience or...

Preventing ‘exit block’ in emergency departments

05 November 2014

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

Overcrowding due to poor patient flow increases risk for more than 500,000 patients a year (College of Emergency Medicine (CEM) 2014) and is linked to increased...

Attention to detail

04 May 2010

Nursing Standard

Feature

A peer review programme to improve patient safety and the quality of care delivered has proved a success.

Critical alert

11 April 2006

Nursing Standard

Critica alert

Picking up patient problems early has reduced the number of unplanned admissions to critical care. At The London Clinic this is achieved through a scoring system and...