General ward nurses detection and response to clinical deterioration in three hospitals at the Kenyan coast: a convergent parallel mixed methods study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was approved by Pwani University Ethics Review Committee (ERC/PU-STAFF/001/2020). A research permit to conduct the study was obtained from the National Commission for Science, Technology & Innovation (NACOSTI/P/20/4890). Informed consent was obtained from all study participants and the study was carried out in accordance with The Helsinki Declaration and institutional procedures. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This research was supported by the 2019 Sigma/Alpha Eta Collaborative Research Grant from Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing."