Intensive care nurses ' awareness of identification of early sepsis findings

Conclusions: Nurses had a good rate of identifying early sepsis findings. Yet, they could not distinguish between early sepsis and late sepsis findings. Relevance to clinical practice: The results of the study can support nursing practices in the diagnostic process by considering the factors affecting nurses ' ability to distinguish early sepsis findings from late sepsis findings and to identify them correctly.
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