Rapid response team in a rural hospital

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-102

  Brown, Susan ^a   Anderson, Mary Ann ^a,b   Hill, Pamela D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Great River Medical Center   (United States)

^c Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

knowledge; medical emergency team; nurses; perceptions; rapid response team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857846573     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e31824590fb     Document Type: Review

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