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.
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Quality patient care has always been of the highest priority for nurses. With the current government emphasis on reporting, improving care, and reimbursement, nurses and their institutions are more responsible than ever for assuring the delivery and documentation of excellent patient care. Our institution achieved improved compliance reports for the CMS quality indicators through a combined effort of collegial interdisciplinary delivery of care, a more responsive documentation system, real-time quality assurance, and ongoing education.