Routine dyspnea assessment and documentation: Nurses’ experience yields wide acceptance
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- 作者：Kathy M. Baker ; Susan DeSanto-Madeya ; Robert B. Banzett
- 关键词：Dyspnea ; Dyspnea assessment ; Nurse assessment of dyspnea
- 刊名：BMC Nursing
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1085KB
- 刊物主题：Nursing; Nursing Management; Nursing Research;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1472-6955
- 卷排序：16
文摘
BackgroundDyspnea (breathing discomfort) is a common and distressing symptom. Routine assessment and documentation can improve management and relieve suffering. A major barrier to routine dyspnea documentation is the concern that it will have a deleterious effect on nursing workflow and that it will not be readily accepted by nurses. Nurses at our institution recently began to assess and document dyspnea on all medical-surgical patients upon admission and once per shift throughout their hospitalization. A year after dyspnea measurement was implemented we explored nurses’ approach to dyspnea assessment, their perception of patient response, and their perception of the utility and burden of dyspnea measurement.