Understanding Nurses Experiences and Perception about The Implemention of Emergency Monitoring : A Qualitative Study

Emergency monitoring in the hospital is very important to be carried out, as one form
of responsibility for early detection of deterioration patients. The implementation of
the Early Warning System in Hospital is still being evaluated by the quality of service
to find out its effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences
and perceptions of nurses about the implementation of emergency monitoring in
hospital. This study was a qualitative design. Participants were 6 female team leader
nurses, with average age 35.3 y.o, and average working experience 11.3 years, used
purposive sampling. Data were collected by in-depth interviews and field notes. Data
were analyzed using thematic analysis method by Flick. The findings of the study
identified 3 themes: (1) personal themes; (2) environmental themes; (3) Patient
themes. The results showed that the implementation of emergency monitoring in the
inpatients units in hospital was still not optimal. The implementation of the Early
Warning System is expected to be carried out on an ongoing basis so that its
implementation is effective. Socialization, training, supervision, and adequate
infrastructure are needed as well as consistency algorithms for early identification of
the patient's condition and getting immediate assistance.