Abstract CN54
Background
In the last decades several clinical learning models are beeing used for nursing education, these are finalized to activate the learning process from the internship experiences. The implementation of new evidence-based tools for patient safety, as the vital signs NEWS2 score, which is used for “Early Warning” in patient at risk of clinical deterioration, and the new models of nursing handover as the SBAR method are easier to implement when they are preceded by nursing students during a clinical learning. The training project has been included in a professional laboratory of nursing students and the goal was to acquire skills in the application of the vital signs score (News2) and to use the SBAR methods.
Methods
A pilot study was conduced with a group of 27 third-year nursing students, sited in INT G. Pascale, Naples. All students were provided with survey tools: the SBAR form for the handover comunication, a pocket-sized card of the NEWS2 score, a two-day training laboratory and several case simulations. The students were divided into two shifts, a morning and an afternoon shift, with 30 minutes of overlapping to allow the nursing handover. In the study were included only patients with a 24h hospitalization and with a NEWS score ≥1.
Results
The preliminary results of the NEWS2 score refer to 30 patients, the first day 57% of patients had an average score of 2, the monitoring of the vital signs was at least every hour for the first 24 hours. Within the third day of recovery 87% of patients had normal vital signs and 13.3% of patients has been moved to an intensive care unit. Number 89 SBAR tools were filled and 79% of them were complete.
Conclusions
The precise and careful monitoring of the vital signs represents one of the fundamental pillars of nursing activities. The NEWS2 score is useful to early allert even the novice nurses. The implementation of the SBAR tool speeds up and aligns the information handover of hospitalized patients.
Clinical trial identification
Editorial acknowledgement
Legal entity responsible for the study
M.R. Esposito.
Funding
Has not received any funding.
Disclosure
The author has declared no conflicts of interest.