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Nurses' role in recognising and responding to clinical deterioration in surgical patients.

Suad Mohammmed IddrisuAnastasia F HutchinsonYasmin SungkarJulie Considine
Published in: Journal of clinical nursing (2018)
Nurses working in acute surgical wards are highly engaged in the process of recognising and responding to clinical deterioration in post-operative patients. Many nurses reported being able to anticipate deterioration occurring but are required by current organisational frameworks to escalate care to rapid response systems. How nurses anticipate and manage deterioration prior to the patient fulfilling rapid response system criteria warrants further investigation.
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