Nurse-led dysphagia screening in acute stroke patients.
This article discusses the findings of an audit to assess the improved outcomes of a systematic approach to training nurses working in an emergency assessment area (EAA) to conduct dysphagia screening for patients who have had a stroke. The investment in training has reduced the time patients wait for dysphagia screening from 35 hours to less than one hour. As a result of this audit dysphagia screening competencies have been established.
Lees
Liz
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Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham. liz.lees@heartofengland.nhs.uk
Sharpe
Linda
L
Edwards
Amanda
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000465:Algorithms; D003663:Decision Trees; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010343:Patient Admission; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors