IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING PATIENT’S SEPSIS BY NURSES IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: A Literature Review
Shrestha, Sushma (2016)
Shrestha, Sushma
Centria-ammattikorkeakoulu (Keski-Pohjanmaan ammattikorkeakoulu)
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016060311778
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The purpose of this study was to analyze how nurses identify patient’s sepsis and how nurses conduct the assessment procedure of patient with sepsis in an emergency department. The practical goal of this study was to gain knowledge on early recognition of sepsis by the nurses that they can provide evidence-based care and prompt sepsis treatment to reduce poor outcomes. The resulting knowledge was targeted to raise awareness among ED nurses, health professionals and nursing students about identifying sepsis.
The research was conducted as a literature review with both meta-synthesis and meta-analysis. Strict inclusion and exclusion criteria were constructed to secure the quality of the data. The data was collected from different databases such as EBSCO, Sage Premier, Ovid, Science Direct and Google Scholar. The selected materials were published in the restricted time frame from 2011 to present date. The total number of included articles were 16 (9 related to the qualitative method and 7 relate to the quantitative method).
The results were divided into the two subheadings, which were sepsis identification and assessment tool according to the meta-synthesis and sepsis identification and assessment procedure according to the meta-analysis. The core findings of the study was to adhere nurses with the diagnosis criteria of sepsis, sepsis screening tool and sepsis care bundles based on Surviving Sepsis Campaign guideline for the identification of sepsis along with its assessment procedure.
The research was conducted as a literature review with both meta-synthesis and meta-analysis. Strict inclusion and exclusion criteria were constructed to secure the quality of the data. The data was collected from different databases such as EBSCO, Sage Premier, Ovid, Science Direct and Google Scholar. The selected materials were published in the restricted time frame from 2011 to present date. The total number of included articles were 16 (9 related to the qualitative method and 7 relate to the quantitative method).
The results were divided into the two subheadings, which were sepsis identification and assessment tool according to the meta-synthesis and sepsis identification and assessment procedure according to the meta-analysis. The core findings of the study was to adhere nurses with the diagnosis criteria of sepsis, sepsis screening tool and sepsis care bundles based on Surviving Sepsis Campaign guideline for the identification of sepsis along with its assessment procedure.