Vital signs monitoring on general wards: Clinical staff perceptions of current practices and the planned introduction of continuous monitoring technology

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Patients' Rooms 88%
• Vital Signs 79%
• Technology 46%
• Interdisciplinary Communication 27%
• Equipment and Supplies 26%
• Nurses 19%
• Nursing Staff 9%
• Urban Hospitals 9%
• Neurosurgery 9%
• Patient Safety 8%
• Teaching Hospitals 8%
• Patient Care 6%
• Observation 6%
• Clinical Studies 6%
• Aptitude 6%
• Interviews 5%

Social Sciences

• clinical staff 100%
• monitoring 51%
• nurse 27%
• adverse events 15%
• nursing staff 15%
• escalation 13%
• communication 12%
• patient care 12%
• surveillance 10%
• contact 8%
• interaction 5%
• Teaching 5%
• interview 5%