Medical emergency teams: A strategy for improving patient care and nursing work environments

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-187

  Galhotra, Sanjay ^a   Scholle, Carol C ^b   Dew, Mary Amanda ^a   Mininni, Nicolette C ^c   Clermont, Gilles ^a   DeVita, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical emergency teams; Nursing emergency; Patient crisis; Prevention; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE TEAM; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33745901610     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03901.x     Document Type: Article

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