This study will test a framework to support nurses in a consistent approach to patient assessment and care, and early recognition and response to deteriorating patients. The study will involve mover than 1200 nurses working in 35 wards across 10 hospitals in Victoria and New South Wales.
The need
Clinical deterioration and hospital-acquired complications are a major safety issue in Australian hospitals. The patient assessment frameworks currently used by nurses focus on highly specific issues such as vital sign abnormalities or specific risks like falls. The fragmented nature of these frameworks makes nurses’ assessment of the entire patient status difficult. If nurses had access to a comprehensive, easy-to-use patient assessment framework, they could better address the increasingly complex health and well-being needs of patients.
About
Clinical deterioration and hospital-acquired complications are a major safety issue in Australian hospitals. The patient assessment frameworks currently used by nurses focus on highly specific issues such as vital sign abnormalities or specific risks like falls. The fragmented nature of these frameworks makes nurses’ assessment of the entire patient status difficult. If nurses had access to a comprehensive, easy-to-use patient assessment framework, they could better address the increasingly complex health and well-being needs of patients.
Impact
HIRAID® Inpatient will:
- support nurses to provide high quality patient care.
- will provide nurses with a standardised framework for patient assessment, decision-making and communication that is based on evidence.
- prevent adverse events, improve patient experiences and strengthening clinical communication
Project Lead
Professor Kate Curtis
Professor Faculty of Medicine and Health. The University of Sydney
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Professor Julie Considine
Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Nursing, Eastern Health Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery/Deakin Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University
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Chief Investigators
Professor Kate Curtis
Professor Faculty of Medicine and Health. The University of Sydney
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Professor Julie Considine
Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Nursing, Eastern Health Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery/Deakin Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University
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Professor Ramon Shaban
Professor and Clinical Chair, Infection Prevention and Disease Control, The University of Sydney
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Dr Mary Lam
Associate Professor, Department: Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT
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Professor Steven McPhail
Professor, Faculty of Health, School of Public Health & Social Work. Queensland University of Technology
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Professor Richard Lindley
Professor of Geriatric Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
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Professor Rebecca Mitchell
Professor, Australian Institute of Health Innovation Hearing Research Centre
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Professor Daryl Jones
Honorary Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne
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Dr Amit Shetty
Clinical Director - The New South Wales Department of Health
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Associate Investigators
Andrew Bartlett
Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
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Dr Sarah Smith
Milton Ulladulla Hospital
Dr Geoffrey Melville
NSW Health
Maria Lingam
Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery for Western Sydney Local Health District
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Adjunct Professor Philippa Blencowe
Executive Director, Eastern Health
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Dr Sarah Kourouche
Implementation Science Senior Research Fellow Faculty of Medicine and Health. The University of Sydeny
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Dr Bridie Mulholland
Assistant Professor, First Nations Health, Bond University
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Dr Baylie Trostian
Research Fellow in Implementation Science Faculty of Medicine and Health. The University of Sydney
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Ms Raj Liskaser
Eastern Health Consumer Investigator
Funding
Our funding is pooled from a number of organisations and research funds.
- NHMRC Partnership Projects (ID2037072), the HCF Research Foundation through the Translational Research Grant Program, and the Thyne Reid Foundation.
