TY - JOUR
T1 - Nurses' and Physicians' Ideas on Initiatives for Effective Use of the Early Warning Score: A Participatory Study
AU - Mølgaard, Rikke Rishøj
AU - Jørgensen, Lone
AU - Grønkjær, Mette
AU - Madsen, Jacob Østergaard
AU - Christensen, Erika Frischknecht
AU - Voldbjerg, Siri Lygum
N1 - © The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023/11/25
Y1 - 2023/11/25
N2 - Ineffective use of the early warning score (EWS) can compromise recognition and response to patients' deteriorating condition. This study explores nurses' and physicians' ideas on initiatives for supporting the effective use of the EWS in a hospital setting. Participatory workshops were conducted, and data were analyzed using content analysis. Ideas generated for integrating new functions into the EWS protocol to facilitate effective use are described. Also recommended was that all users receive training and an update on how to use the EWS score to support acceptance and confidence using the protocol and thereby increase adherence to the EWS. Further research is needed on the efficiency of incorporating nurses' clinical judgment in the EWS protocol within different specialties and the effect on adherence to the tool.
AB - Ineffective use of the early warning score (EWS) can compromise recognition and response to patients' deteriorating condition. This study explores nurses' and physicians' ideas on initiatives for supporting the effective use of the EWS in a hospital setting. Participatory workshops were conducted, and data were analyzed using content analysis. Ideas generated for integrating new functions into the EWS protocol to facilitate effective use are described. Also recommended was that all users receive training and an update on how to use the EWS score to support acceptance and confidence using the protocol and thereby increase adherence to the EWS. Further research is needed on the efficiency of incorporating nurses' clinical judgment in the EWS protocol within different specialties and the effect on adherence to the tool.
KW - Denmark
KW - clinical judgment
KW - early warning score
KW - hospital rapid response system
KW - interprofessional collaboration
KW - nurses
KW - participatory design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85178363963&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/23333936231210147
DO - 10.1177/23333936231210147
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38028737
SN - 2333-3936
VL - 10
JO - Global Qualitative Nursing Research
JF - Global Qualitative Nursing Research
ER -