Clinical progress note: situation awareness for clinical deterioration in hospitalized children.

Tina Sosa; Meghan M Galligan; Patrick W. Brady

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Clinical progress note: situation awareness for clinical deterioration in hospitalized children.

May 11, 2022

Sosa T, Galligan MM, Brady PW. J Hosp Med. 2022;17(3):199-202.

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Situation awareness supports effective teamwork and safe care delivery. This commentary highlights the role of situation awareness in watching the condition of pediatric inpatients to reduce instances of unrecognized clinical deterioration. It features rapid response models enhanced by event review, psychological safety, and patient and family partnering as mechanisms improved through situation awareness.

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