TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dasgupta, Kritis
TI  - Implementation of the Agitated Behavior Scale in the Electronic Health Record
SN  - 0278-4807
PY  - 2016///
KW  - IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
KW  - MedStar National Rehabilitation Network
KW  - Journal Article
N1  - Available in print through MWHC library: 1999 - July/August 2004
N2  - 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; Copyright © 2016 Association of Rehabilitation Nurses; 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
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rnj.297
ER  -