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Nursings’ attitude in monitoring the vital signs in the Vinmec Healthcare system
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Objective: To assess the attitude of nurses in monitoring vital signs in hospitals of Vinmec Health system. To find out some factors related to the attitude of nurses in monitoring vital signs at hospitals of Vinmec Health system. Subject and method: A cross-sectional descriptive study using self-completed questionnaire V-Scale, conducted from December 2021 to May 2022 on nurses working in inpatient departments in hospitals of the Vinmec Medical system. Result: There were 327 nurses participating in the study with age of under 30 years old (44%) and died 31-45 years old (51.1%), most of them were female (81.7%), university degree (62.0%), and seniority over 5 years (78.5%). The mean score of nurses' attitudes about monitoring vital signs was 55.9 ± 5.8. Age and working seniority were determined as two factors that had a statistically significant influence on the nursing attitude assessment score in monitoring vital signs with p<0.05. Conclusion: The actual status of nurses' attitude towards monitoring vital signs to early detect the patient's deterioration was modest. Together with misconceptions about the importance of vital signs and the failure to recognize vital signs deficits point to the need for retraining of nurses in knowledge related to vital signs and raising awareness of the importance of vital signs monitoring.
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