Risks of Mortality Associated with Nursing Assessments: A Quantitative Indication of their Reliability, Validity and Clinical Implications. Michael Rothman, PhD, Alan Solinger , PhD, Steven Rothman, MSEE , G. Duncan Finlay, MD Rothman Healthcare Corporation September 13, 2012. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• “Head-to-toe” assessments - part of standard nursing school curricula
• Simplified… “charting by exception”… the patient has either “met” or “not met” a minimum standard– GI standard - Abdomen soft and non-tender. Bowel sounds present.
No nausea or vomiting. Continent.
• Nursing assessments are recorded twice each day
• Every hospital records essentially the same data
Reference – Rothman, MJ, Solinger, AB, Rothman, SI and Finlay GD, Clinical Implications and Validity of Nursing Assessments: A Longitudinal Measure of Patient Condition from Analysis of the Electronic Medical Record. BMJ Open 2(4) 2012.