Nurses' perceptions of how rapid response teams affect the nurse, team, and system

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-272

  Williams, Dustin J ^a   Newman, Angela ^b   Jones, Cheryl ^c   Woodard, Betty ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

community hospital; focus group; rapid response team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 79958792514     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e318209f135     Document Type: Article

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