Interprofessional communication by junior nurses and junior doctors in the acute regional hospital setting: A qualitative descriptive study.

This study aims to explore the perceptions of junior nurses and junior doctors toward their interpersonal interactions with healthcare professionals in an acute regional hospital setting. A qualitative descriptive method was used. Data were collected by individual semi-structured interviews which were audio-recorded.

Recognising clinical deterioration in emergency department patients.

Background: The use of rapid response systems such as Medical Emergency Team (MET) improves recognition and response to clinical deterioration in in-patient settings. However, few published studies have investigated use of rapid response systems in Australian emergency departments (ED).

Aim: To examine the frequency, nature and outcomes of clinical deterioration in ED patients and compare the utility of hospital MET calling criteria with ED specific Clinical Instability Criteria (CIC) for recognition of deteriorating patients.