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Early warning scores: are they needed in emergency care?

01 May 2009

Emergency Nurse

Feature

This article reviews an audit to assess how adequately emergency department (ED) staff can use with little training a modified Patient At Risk (mPAR) early warning...

Open AccessOC10 – Inter-rater agreement of the Paediatric Early Warning Score tools used in the central Denmark region

09 May 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

Supplement

Theme: Patient safety Background: Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) tools can assist healthcare providers in the rapid detection and recognition of changes in...

Early warning scores: a sign of deterioration in patients and systems

25 March 2015

Nursing Management

Art & Science

The early warning score system is a decision-making tool that has a simple design, yet its implementation in healthcare organisations is proving complex. This...

Paediatric early warning scores on a children’s ward: a quality improvement initiative

09 September 2014

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & Science

The aim of this quality improvement initiative was to incorporate a paediatric early warning score (PEWS) and track and trigger system in the routine care of...

Using the ABCDE approach to assess the deteriorating patient

29 November 2017

Nursing Standard

CPD

Patients who deteriorate without recognition or timely interventions are at risk of critical care admission and increased morbidity or mortality. This article...

An overview of the evidence-based practice process for novice researchers

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

Abstract This article explores how nurses can use evidence-based practice to critique and evaluate the rationale and evidence for specific nursing procedures or...