Respiratory rate records: the repeated rate?

Abstract

Aims and objectivesTo explore the incidence and patterns of respiratory rate recording and its use as a Medical Emergency Team (MET) calling criteria, in a medical and surgical ward in a rural Australian hospital.

The impact of a Web‐based educational program on the recognition and management of deteriorating patients

“…Misconceptions among nurses relating to blood pressure and oxygen saturation as early indicators of deterioration, and respiratory rates as the least important key indicator have been reported elsewhere (Leuvan & Mitchell, ; Mok et al., ). Previous studies have also shown that respiratory rate is often missing or not recorded in hospital documentations (Cooper, Cant, & Sparkes, ; De Meester et al., ; Ludikhuize et al., ). However, in this study, we demonstrated the effectiveness of the Web‐based program in improving the ENs’ measuring of respiratory and heart rates.…”

Risk for Cardiorespiratory Instability Following Transfer to a Monitored Step-Down Unit

“…Despite these known associations, breathing frequency is too commonly dismissed as an indicator of distress and recorded as an approximate value or consistently recorded as either 16 or 18. 20 Education regarding the importance of proper monitoring and reporting of values that exceed expected norms should become an integral part of orientation and continuing education for all clinicians who provide SDU care. We also found that subjects admitted from a higher-intensity monitoring unit were more likely to develop CRI, a finding that also has implications for detection of patients at highest risk.…”

Using a case‐based animation on physiological compensatory mechanism to remediate nurses' misconceptions about changes in patient vital signs

“…, Cooper et al . ). A survey on nurses’ attitudes towards vital signs monitoring in detecting clinical deterioration revealed a misconception about changes in vital signs.…”

“…Being responsible for monitoring vital signs, frontline nurses play a pivotal role in detecting vital sign abnormalities. However, the incomplete measurement and documentation of vital signs particularly regarding respiratory rates, have reportedly hindered timely recognition of clinical deterioration (De Meester et al 2012, Cooper et al 2014. A survey on nurses' attitudes towards vital signs monitoring in detecting clinical deterioration revealed a misconception about changes in vital signs.…”