Interprofessional ward rounds in an adult intensive care unit: an appreciative inquiry into the central collaboration between the consultant and the bedside nurse

Figures & data

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Table 1. Statistics from 16 Ward Rounds (194 patient reviews).

BSN …	% of reviews per WR
	Minimum	Quartile 1	Median	Quartile 3	Maximum	Mean	SD	95% CI
… present	67.0%	79.8%	91.5%	93.0%	100%	88.3%	9.7%	(83.5, 93.0)
… introduced to WR	0%	18.8%	52.5%	84.8%	100%	52.1%	31.9%	(36.4, 67.7)

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Table 2. Summary statistics for timing and pace of 16 WRs.

Start time: deviation from 10.00hrs (mins)	Earliest	Latest	Quartile 1	Median	Quartile 3	Mean	SD	95% CI
	−5	+60	+16.4	+25.0	+41.3	+25.8	19.2	(16.4, 35.2)
Duration (mins)	Shortest	Longest	Quartile 1	Median	Quartile 3	Mean	SD	95% CI
	85	210	121.3	150.0	177.5	150.8	33.2	(134.5, 167.0)

Table 3. Reasons for WR halts.

Frequency	Reason
15	Someone came to speak to the consultant (sometimes during patients’ reviews, otherwise whilst WR team walking between patient reviews)
14	Telephone call to or from the consultant
4	Emergency buzzer sounded, consultant and others went to see if they were needed
4	Consultant left the WR to attend to another matter e.g., bed availability issue, case in theater, or “sorry, need to sort this out, will be back ASAP”
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