%0 Journal Article
%T Patient Reported Hospital Stay and Frequency of Vital Sign Monitoring Practice in Emergency Room and Adult ICU at Jimma University Medical Center, 2018
%A Admasu Belay Gizaw
%A Muluken Yidnekachew
%A Yeshitila Belay Belachew
%J International Journal of Palliative Care | Open Access Journal of Palliative Medicine
%D 2018
%R 10.15226/2374-8362/5/4/00167
%X Background: Forecasting a patient¡¯s expected length of stay at an Emergency Department encounter is valuable to anticipate impending operational bottlenecks that may lead to change health care organizations standard operating practice. The mean emergency department length of stay is considered as one factor that can affect patients¡¯ satisfaction and service quality. Most of these factors are highly correlated with adequacy of health care facility, proportion of health care professionals, organizational service delivery effectiveness and health care professionals¡¯ attitude. Monitoring of vital signs is an essential component of caring for all of patients at emergency department and adult intensive care unit in order to assess treatment effects, detect procedural complications and identify early signs of clinical deterioration. Objective: The main objective of this study was to assess patient reported Hospital stay and frequency of vital sign monitoring in emergency department and adult intensive care unit at Jimma university medical center, Jimma town southwest Ethiopia 2018. Methods: Institution based cross- sectional study design was used and 310 study participants were selected by simple random sampling techniques from patients who were admitted in emergency department and intensive care unit at JUMC during the study period. Data was collected by using a structured data-collecting checklist. Descriptive statistics was done to describe the study variables. Results: Majority of the respondent 107 (34.5%) were stayed 3-4hours.Majority of vital sign frequency113 (36.5%) were recorded among age group of >=35 age group. Lower than half 125(40.5%) of temperature frequency were checked one times. Similarly, Lower than half 111(42.2%) of blood pressure frequency was checked one times. But pulse rate frequency was checked two times 118(38.2%). Conclusion and Recommendations: Overall patient reported hospital stay in emergency department and adult ICU were longer than the expected standard. Concerning vital sign monitoring, the duration was not in line with the expected standard of assessing and documenting vital signs for patients admitted in the emergency department and adult intensive care units. Key words: Hospital stay, vital sign monitoring, Jimma University Medical Center
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