TY - JOUR
T1 - The emergency department sickle cell assessment of needs and strengths (ED-SCANS)
T2 - Reliability and validity
AU - Tanabe, Paula
AU - Thornton, Victoria L.
AU - Martinovich, Zoran
AU - Todd, Knox H.
AU - Wun, Ted
AU - Lyons, John S.
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - Emergency department (ED) management of adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) is complex and frustrating. The Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Needs and Strengths (ED-SCANS) is a research-based decision support and quality improvement (QI) tool to guide management of individual patients with SCD and can also be used to guide the development of ED protocols and other QI initiatives for this population. The study evaluated ED-SCANSÊ inter-rater reliability, face and utility validity among clinicians, and construct validity of anxiety, depression, and psychiatric or social service needs among patients. ED nurses and physicians found the ED-SCANS to be useful, relevant, and easy to use. Nurse practitioners can use the ED-SCANS to assess and manage individual patients. Clinical nurse specialists can use the ED-SCANS as a framework to guide departmental QI efforts.
AB - Emergency department (ED) management of adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) is complex and frustrating. The Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Needs and Strengths (ED-SCANS) is a research-based decision support and quality improvement (QI) tool to guide management of individual patients with SCD and can also be used to guide the development of ED protocols and other QI initiatives for this population. The study evaluated ED-SCANSÊ inter-rater reliability, face and utility validity among clinicians, and construct validity of anxiety, depression, and psychiatric or social service needs among patients. ED nurses and physicians found the ED-SCANS to be useful, relevant, and easy to use. Nurse practitioners can use the ED-SCANS to assess and manage individual patients. Clinical nurse specialists can use the ED-SCANS as a framework to guide departmental QI efforts.
KW - decision support
KW - emergency department
KW - measurement
KW - quality improvement
KW - sickle cell disease
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U2 - 10.1097/TME.0b013e31828ecbd5
DO - 10.1097/TME.0b013e31828ecbd5
M3 - Article
C2 - 23636046
AN - SCOPUS:84877782265
SN - 1931-4485
VL - 35
SP - 143
EP - 153
JO - Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal
JF - Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal
IS - 2
ER -