Feasibility and reliability of pediatric early warning score in the emergency department

Xun Niu; Bradley Tilford; Elizabeth Duffy; Hitomi Kobayashi; Kelley Ryan; Mindi Johnson; Bethany Page; Claire Martin; Rhonda Caldwell; Prashant Mahajan

doi:10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000162

Feasibility and reliability of pediatric early warning score in the emergency department

Xun Niu, Bradley Tilford, Elizabeth Duffy, Hitomi Kobayashi, Kelley Ryan, Mindi Johnson, Bethany Page, Claire Martin, Rhonda Caldwell, Prashant Mahajan

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Pediatric early warning scores in an emergency department may be used in routine patient evaluation of illness severity and resource allocation, thereby positively impacting quality and safety in pediatric care. This prospective nursing study assessed the feasibility and reliability of pediatric early warning scores in a busy, inner-city, level 1 trauma center pediatric emergency department. The pediatric early warning scores demonstrated high interrater reliability (degree of agreement among scorers) (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.91) and intrarater reliability (multiple repetitions by a single scorer) (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.90).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	161-166
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000162
State	Published - 2016

Keywords

Emergency department
Interrater reliability
Intrarater reliability
Nurses
Pediatric early warning score (PEWS)
Pediatrics

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