title: Dependency scoring in a critical care area: a direct nursing assessment method.
abstract: The evaluation of dependency in a critical care area can be a difficult process. Often, dependency scoring systems involve time-consuming data completion and collection. The innovative method of dependency scoring described here uses bedside nurses' own assessment of patient needs to provide an accurate and usable scoring system based upon nursing process documentation. It may also provide a method by which dependency may be calculated using computerized systems.
authors.affiliation: Adult Intensive Therapy Unit, North Staffordshire Hospitals (NHS Trust), Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wardle
mesh_terms: D018806:APACHE; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000523:psychology*; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index