Developing rapid response teams: Best practices through collaboration

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-92

  Grimes, Corinne ^a   Thornell, Betty ^b   Clark, Angela P ^a   Viney, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Brackenridge Hospital   (United States)

^c SETON FAMILY OF HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STANDARD; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESUSCITATION; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847093419     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002800-200703000-00007     Document Type: Review

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