Nurses’ Ability to Detect Problems of Hospital-Acquired Infections: the Effects of Risk Factors, Expertise, and Time Pressure

摘要

Abstract. Nurses must manage a variety of problems in order to maintain performance. The first step inmanaging these problems is detecting that there is in fact a problem. The current study aimed to investigatehow nurses detect the problem of a patient developing a hospital-acquired infection (HAI). Specifically, theexperiment examined the effects of varying the number of risk factors, nurse experience, and the presenceor absence of time pressure. General findings and implications are discussed.