Failure to rescue a preliminary study of patient-level factors

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-215

  Bobay, Kathleen L ^a,b   Fiorelli, Karen L ^b   Anderson, Alfred J ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Failure to rescue; Nurse sensitive indicators; Patient level data; Physiologic parameters

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICTURITION; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DATA COLLECTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM; URINATION;

EID: 53449102889     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000324584.61343.15     Document Type: Article

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