Effect of a 2-tier rapid response system on patient outcome and staff satisfaction

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 107-114

  Aitken, Leanne M ^a,b,c   Chaboyer, Wendy ^b   Vaux, Amanda ^a   Crouch, Shannon ^a   Burmeister, Elizabeth ^a,c   Daly, Michael ^d   Joyce, Chris ^a,e  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Australian Red Cross Lifeblood   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care; ICU outreach; Intensive care unit; Nurses' role; Rapid response system

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; QUEENSLAND; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84940891426     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2014.10.044     Document Type: Article

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