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  1. Physical assessment skills practised by critical care nurses: A cross-sectional study
    Rosli SN, Soh KL, Ong SL, Halain AA, Abdul Raman R, Soh KG
    Nurs Crit Care, 2023 Jan;28(1):109-119.
    PMID: 35023244 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12748
    BACKGROUND: Physical assessment skills are essential to clinical decision-making in nursing as they help nurses to identify and respond to patients' deterioration. Nurses develop confidence and can detect any out-of-range parameters in diagnosing and treating patients. Prior studies surveyed 120 skills but did not explicitly assess critical care.

    AIM: To determine the range of physical assessment skills practised by critical care nurses and their adoption factors.

    STUDY DESIGN: This study uses a cross-sectional survey design. A self-administered questionnaire evaluating 40 physical assessment skills was conducted with 133 staff nurses (response rate: 96.4%) in three critical care units at a Malaysian government hospital between November 2019 and January 2020.

    RESULTS: Most nurses applied 32 (80%) skills during every working shift, involving the vital signs and all body systems except the gastrointestinal system. Five skills (12.5%) were occasionally applied, while three skills (7.5%) were rarely applied or not part of most nurses' clinical practice. About 20% of the nurses did not routinely check the respiration rate. Medical and surgical intensive care unit nurses (U = 1129, p 

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