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Continuous Vital Signs Monitoring with a Wireless Device on a General Ward: A Survey to Explore Nurses’ Experiences in a Post-Implementation Period

Background: Nurse engagement, perceived need and usefulness affect healthcare technology use, acceptance and improvements in quality, safety and accessibility of healthcare. Nurses’ opinions regarding continuous monitoring appear to be positive. However, facilitators and barriers were little studied...

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Autores principales: Becking-Verhaar, Femke L., Verweij, Robin P. H., de Vries, Marjan, Vermeulen, Hester, van Goor, Harry, Huisman-de Waal, Getty J.
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10218586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37239523
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20105794
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author Becking-Verhaar, Femke L.
Verweij, Robin P. H.
de Vries, Marjan
Vermeulen, Hester
van Goor, Harry
Huisman-de Waal, Getty J.
author_facet Becking-Verhaar, Femke L.
Verweij, Robin P. H.
de Vries, Marjan
Vermeulen, Hester
van Goor, Harry
Huisman-de Waal, Getty J.
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description Background: Nurse engagement, perceived need and usefulness affect healthcare technology use, acceptance and improvements in quality, safety and accessibility of healthcare. Nurses’ opinions regarding continuous monitoring appear to be positive. However, facilitators and barriers were little studied. This study explored nurses’ post-implementation experiences of the facilitators and barriers to continuously monitoring patients’ vital signs using a wireless device on general hospital wards. Methods: This study employed a cross-sectional survey. Vocational and registered nurses from three general wards in a Dutch tertiary university hospital participated in a survey comprising open and closed questions. The data were analysed using thematic analysis and descriptive statistics. Results: Fifty-eight nurses (51.3%) completed the survey. Barriers and facilitators were identified under four key themes: (1) timely signalling and early action, (2) time savings and time consumption, (3) patient comfort and satisfaction and (4) preconditions. Conclusions: According to nurses, early detection and intervention for deteriorating patients facilitate the use and acceptance of continuously monitoring vital signs. Barriers primarily concern difficulties connecting patients correctly to the devices and system.
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spelling pubmed-102185862023-05-27 Continuous Vital Signs Monitoring with a Wireless Device on a General Ward: A Survey to Explore Nurses’ Experiences in a Post-Implementation Period Becking-Verhaar, Femke L. Verweij, Robin P. H. de Vries, Marjan Vermeulen, Hester van Goor, Harry Huisman-de Waal, Getty J. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Nurse engagement, perceived need and usefulness affect healthcare technology use, acceptance and improvements in quality, safety and accessibility of healthcare. Nurses’ opinions regarding continuous monitoring appear to be positive. However, facilitators and barriers were little studied. This study explored nurses’ post-implementation experiences of the facilitators and barriers to continuously monitoring patients’ vital signs using a wireless device on general hospital wards. Methods: This study employed a cross-sectional survey. Vocational and registered nurses from three general wards in a Dutch tertiary university hospital participated in a survey comprising open and closed questions. The data were analysed using thematic analysis and descriptive statistics. Results: Fifty-eight nurses (51.3%) completed the survey. Barriers and facilitators were identified under four key themes: (1) timely signalling and early action, (2) time savings and time consumption, (3) patient comfort and satisfaction and (4) preconditions. Conclusions: According to nurses, early detection and intervention for deteriorating patients facilitate the use and acceptance of continuously monitoring vital signs. Barriers primarily concern difficulties connecting patients correctly to the devices and system. MDPI 2023-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10218586/ /pubmed/37239523 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20105794 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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van Goor, Harry
Huisman-de Waal, Getty J.
Continuous Vital Signs Monitoring with a Wireless Device on a General Ward: A Survey to Explore Nurses’ Experiences in a Post-Implementation Period
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title_short Continuous Vital Signs Monitoring with a Wireless Device on a General Ward: A Survey to Explore Nurses’ Experiences in a Post-Implementation Period
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10218586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37239523
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20105794
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