title: Implementation of an Early Warning Scoring System to Identify Patients With Cancer at Risk for Deterioration.
abstract: Early warning scoring systems are tools for nurses to help monitor their patients and improve how quickly a patient experiencing a sudden decline receives clinical care. Nurse leaders and frontline staff at a major academic medical center implemented a new early warning system that gives clear guidelines to nurses, nursing assistants, and other clinicians about vital-sign parameters and changes in patients' mental status.  .
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
authors.forename: MiKaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mooney
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States
keywords: communication; deterioration; early warning