A literature review: Factors that impact on nurses' effective use of the Medical Emergency Team (MET)

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3379-3390

  Jones, Lisa ^a   King, Lindy ^b   Wilson, Christine ^b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care outreach; Literature review; Medical emergency team; Nurses; Research

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70449568812     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02944.x     Document Type: Review

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