Clinicians ’ attitudes towards escalation and management of deteriorating patients: A cross-sectional study

Internationally, rapid response systems have been implemented to recognise and categorise hospital patients at risk of deterioration. Whilst rapid response systems have been implemented with a varying amount of success, there remains ongoing concern about the lack of improvement in the escalation, and management of the deteriorating patient. It also remains unclear why some clinicians fail to escalate concerns for the deteriorating patient.
Source: Australian Critical Care - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research