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Recognizing clinical deterioration requires systematic review to guide leadership, research, and practice advancements.
Highlights the need for systematic evaluation of clinical deterioration recognition to improve patient safety in resource-constrained settings.
May enhance safety via improved deterioration recognition in constrained settings; leaves open optimal leadership and practice strategies.
Recognition and avoidance of further clinical deterioration can be termed a critical success factor in every care delivery model. As care resources become more constrained and allocated to the most critical of patients, some patients are being shifted to less intense and costly care settings where continuous physiologic monitoring may not be an option. Nurse executives are facing these complex issues as they work with clinical experts to develop systems of safety in the patient care arena. A systematic review of the literature related to the recognition of clinical deterioration is needed to identify areas for further leadership, research, and practice advancements.
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Colleen H. Swartz (2013) conducted an editorial in Clinical deterioration. Recognition of clinical deterioration was evaluated. The recognition of clinical deterioration requires a systematic review of the literature to identify areas for further leadership, research, and practice advancements.
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