Who, when and where? Identification of patients at risk of an in-hospital adverse event: Implications for nursing practice Considine, Julie and Botti, Mari 2004, Who, when and where? Identification of patients at risk of an in-hospital adverse event: Implications for nursing practice, International journal of nursing practice, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 21-31, doi: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2003.00452.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Who, when and where? Identification of patients at risk of an in-hospital adverse event: Implications for nursing practice Author(s) Considine, Julie orcid.org/0000-0003-3801-2456 Botti, Mari orcid.org/0000-0002-2782-0987 Journal name International journal of nursing practice Volume number 10 Issue number 1 Start page 21 End page 31 Publisher Blackwell Publishing Asia Place of publication Carlton, Vic. Publication date 2004-02-03 ISSN 1322-7114 1440-172X Keyword(s) adverse event cardiac arrest prevention risk management vital signs Summary Patients who suffer an adverse event (AE) are more likely to die or suffer permanent disability. Many AEs are preventable. Nurses have long played a pivotal role in the prevention of AEs. Much of the literature to date pertains to the role of nurses in the prevention of AEs such as falls, pressure areas and deep vein thrombosis. Prominent risk factors for AEs are the presence of physiological abnormality, failure to recognize or correct physiological abnormality, advanced patient age and location of patient room. Ongoing physiological assessment of patients is a nursing responsibility and the assessment findings of nurses underpin many patient care decisions. The early recognition and correction of physiological abnormality can improve patient outcomes by reducing the incidence of AEs, making nurses' ability to identify, interpret and act on physiological abnormality a fundamental factor in AE prediction and prevention. This paper will examine the role of nurses in AE prevention, using cardiac arrest as an example, from the perspective of physiological safety; that is, accurate physiological assessment and the early correction of physiological abnormality. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2003.00452.x Field of Research 111003 Clinical Nursing: Secondary (Acute Care) HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30002513 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 04 Jun 2013, 11:08:50 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 22:26:27 EST Fri, 10 Oct 2014, 08:13:26 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 60 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1278 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:26:51 EST