Medsurg nursing : official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
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Case Reports
SIRS: a systematic approach for medical-surgical nurses to stop the progression to sepsis.
Medical-surgical nurses require specific training to recognize symptoms of systemic inflammatory response syndrome before they progress to sepsis. Specialized training and education, combined with the use of a surveillance tool, can allow heightened nursing surveillance of at-risk patients in the medical-surgical setting.