Publications by authors named "Wharewaina Strickland"
Introduction: Intensive care units commonly use the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) to measure nursing workload, however, some settings use TrendCare. Historically 100 NAS points reflected one nurse, however research now suggests greater than 61 NAS points per nurse increases hospital mortality.
Objectives: To determine if: 1) TrendCare accurately reflects critical care nursing workload as measured by the NAS and 2) the required nursing hours calculated by each of the scoring systems differed between indigenous and non-indigenous patients.
Background: Patient and/or family activated escalation may improve care to deteriorating patients. However, limited literature describes patients' and families' experience of deterioration and what barriers might restrict call activation.
Objective: This study explored patients' and families' experiences of acute ward deterioration, their perception of a need for a patient and/or family activated escalation service and barriers that may prevent them from using it.
Nasal high flow oxygen therapy in the ward setting: A prospective observational study.
Intensive Crit Care Nurs
October 2017
Background: Whilst research demonstrates the benefits of nasal high flow oxygen in the intensive care setting, limited literature exists on its benefits in ward patients.
Objectives: This study evaluated the use of nasal high flow oxygen in adult ward patients with respiratory failure or at risk of respiratory deterioration. Primary outcome was an improvement in pulmonary function as indicated by decreases in respiratory and heart rates and an increase in arterial oxygen saturation via pulse oximetry RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: Using a prospective observational research design, purposeful sampling recruited 67 adult ward patients receiving nasal high flow oxygen between May and July 2015 (inclusive).