Implementation of the Agitated Behavior Scale in the Electronic Health Record.
Citation: Rehabilitation Nursing Journal. , 2016 Oct 24PMID: 27775164Institution: MedStar National Rehabilitation NetworkForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal ArticleSubject headings: IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXEDYear: 2016Local holdings: Available in print through MWHC library: 1999 - July/August 2004ISSN:- 0278-4807
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CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Utilization of the scale through the electronic health record on a daily basis will allow for an early identification of agitation in Traumatic Brain Injury patients and enable prompt interventions to manage agitation.
CONCLUSION: The Agitated Behavior Scale was effectively implemented in the electronic health record and was found to be usable in the assessment of agitation.
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DESIGN: A quality improvement project was conducted in the brain injury unit at a large rehabilitation hospital with registered nurses as participants, using convenience sampling.
FINDINGS: The Agitated Behavior Scale was found to be usable and there was 92.2% compliance with the use of the electronic agitated behavior scale.
METHODS: The project consisted of three phases and included education, implementation of the scale in the electronic health record, and administration of the survey questionnaire, which utilized the system usability scale.
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to implement an Agitated Behavior Scale through an electronic health record and to evaluate the usability of the scale in a brain injury unit at a rehabilitation hospital.
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