• J Clin Nurs · May 2015

    Interobserver reliability of attending physicians and bedside nurses when using an inpatient paediatric respiratory score.

    • Eric A Biondi, Julie Albright Gottfried, Irene Dutko Fioravanti, Jan A Schriefer, Claude Andrew Aligne, and Michael S Leonard.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
    • J Clin Nurs. 2015 May 1; 24 (9-10): 1320-6.

    Aims And ObjectivesThis study aimed to determine the interobserver reliability between bedside nurses and attending physicians for a paediatric respiratory score as part of an asthma Integrated Care Pathway implementation.BackgroundAn Integrated Care Pathway is one approach to improving quality of care for children hospitalised with asthma. Prior to implementation of the integrated care pathway, it was necessary to train nursing staff on the use of a respiratory assessment tool and to evaluate the interobserver reliability use of this tool.DesignProspective study using a convenience sample of children hospitalised for a respiratory illness in an academic medical centre.MethodsThe respiratory assessment used was the Paediatric Asthma Score. Bedside nurse-attending physician (27 different RNs and three attending paediatric hospitalists) pairs performed 71 simultaneous patient assessments on 20 patients. Intraclass correlation coefficient and kappa statistics were used to assess interobserver reliability.ResultsThe overall intraclass correlation coefficient was nearly perfect where κ = 0·95, 95% CI (0·92, 0·97) and overall kappa for reliability based on clinically relevant score breakpoints was also high with κ = 0·82, 95% CI (0·75, 0·90). The majority of subgroup analyses revealed substantial to almost perfect agreement across a variety of diagnoses, age ranges, and individual score components.ConclusionsBedside nurses, with support and training from attending physicians, can perform respiratory assessments that agree almost perfectly with those of attending physicians.Relevance To Clinical PracticeThe use of an Integrated Care Pathway allows for optimal interprofessional collaboration between bedside nurses and attending physicians.© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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