Additional file 27: Figure S24. of Routine dyspnea assessment and documentation: Nurses’ experience yields wide acceptance

a. When you report a patient’s dyspnea rating to the physician responsible for the patient, the physician requests vital signs and/or oxygen saturation. Nurses’ perception of physician response. b. When you report a patient’s dyspnea rating to the physician responsible for the patient, the physician orders laboratory or imaging studies. Nurses’ perception of physician response. c. When you report a patient’s dyspnea rating to the physician responsible for the patient, the physician orders an intervention to relieve dyspnea (pharmacologic or non-pharmacologic). Nurses’ perception of physician response. d. When you report a patient’s dyspnea rating to the physician responsible for the patient, the physician evaluates the patient. Nurses’ perception of physician response. e. When you report a patient’s dyspnea rating to the physician responsible for the patient, the physician requests nursing to reassess the patient later. Nurses’ perception of physician response. f. When you report a patient’s dyspnea rating to the physician responsible for the patient, the physician takes none of these actions. Nurses’ perception of physician response. (ZIP 467 kb)