The development, validation and testing of a vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in adult surgical patients

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dc.contributor.advisorJelsma, Jenniferen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKyriacos, Unaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-07T13:31:37Z
dc.date.available2015-01-07T13:31:37Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.description.abstractPatients often exhibit premonitory abnormalities in vital signs before an adverse clinical outcome. Patient survival may depend on the decisions of nurses to call for assistance. There is a paucity of published early warning scores (EWS) literature for general ward use from South Africa. In a public hospital in South Africa, the study aimed to develop, validate and test the impact of implementation of a modified early warning scoring (MEWS) system vital signs chart and training programme designed to improve hospital nurses’ performance in early identification of postoperative clinical and physiological deterioration in adult patients.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKyriacos, U. (2011). <i>The development, validation and testing of a vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in adult surgical patients</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Nursing and Midwifery. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11688en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKyriacos, Una. <i>"The development, validation and testing of a vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in adult surgical patients."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Nursing and Midwifery, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11688en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKyriacos, U. 2011. The development, validation and testing of a vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in adult surgical patients. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kyriacos, Una AB - Patients often exhibit premonitory abnormalities in vital signs before an adverse clinical outcome. Patient survival may depend on the decisions of nurses to call for assistance. There is a paucity of published early warning scores (EWS) literature for general ward use from South Africa. In a public hospital in South Africa, the study aimed to develop, validate and test the impact of implementation of a modified early warning scoring (MEWS) system vital signs chart and training programme designed to improve hospital nurses’ performance in early identification of postoperative clinical and physiological deterioration in adult patients. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - The development, validation and testing of a vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in adult surgical patients TI - The development, validation and testing of a vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in adult surgical patients UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11688 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11688
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKyriacos U. The development, validation and testing of a vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in adult surgical patients. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Nursing and Midwifery, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11688en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Nursing and Midwiferyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherNursing and Midwiferyen_ZA
dc.titleThe development, validation and testing of a vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in adult surgical patientsen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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