The emergency nursing assessment process—A structured framework for a systematic approach

A structured framework improves clinical patient assessment and nontechnical skills of early career emergency nurses: a pre–post study using full immersion simulation

“…HIRAID: An evidence‐informed emergency nursing assessment framework © Curtis, Munroe, Murphy, Strachan, Lewis & Buckley (2016), adapted from Curtis et al . () reprinted with permission.…”

Emergency nurses’ decisions regarding frequency and nature of vital sign assessment

“…However, patients in ED often have no diagnosis for the majority of their episode of care (Curtis et al . ). To date, there are no published studies that have examined the factors that emergency nurses use to inform their decision‐making regarding frequency and nature of ongoing vital sign assessment.…”

“…Vital sign assessment is a core emergency nursing responsibility (Curtis et al . , Munroe et al . , in press), and accurate assessment and interpretation of vital sign data is fundamental to patient safety (Considine & Currey ).…”

“…There is an increasing evidence base that vital sign abnormalities present during ED care increases risk of in-hospital mortality and unplanned ICU admission (Jones et al 2006, Farley et al 2010, Kennedy et al 2010, Barfod et al 2012. Vital sign assessment is a core emergency nursing responsibility (Curtis et al 2009, Munroe et al 2013, and accurate assessment and interpretation of vital sign data is fundamental to patient safety (Considine & Currey 2015). The patient safety imperatives of nursing assessment are even more important in the ED context as many patients are solely in the care of emergency nurses while waiting for medical assessment.…”

Rapid intervention and treatment zone: Redesigning nursing services to meet increasing emergency department demand

“…As the nature of emergency care changes, care delivery systems including documentation systems need greater scrutiny. Current recommendations are that emergency nursing assessment includes documentation of a health history, primary survey assessment, focused symptom assessment, focused physical assessment, investigations and interventions 17,18 . It might be argued that patients with minor illnesses and injuries do not need extensive nursing assessment and documentation, however there needs to be balance between safe levels of documentation of care and optimizing patient throughput.…”