Hospital system barriers to rapid response team activation : a cognitive work analysis /

Braaten, Jane Saucedo.

Hospital system barriers to rapid response team activation : a cognitive work analysis / Jane Saucedo Braaten - February 2015. - American Journal of Nursing 115 : 2, page 22-31 .

The goal of rapid response team (RRT) activation in acute care facilities is to decrease mortality from preventable complications, but such efforts have been only moderately successful. Although recent research has shown decreased mortality when RRTs are activated more often, many hospitals have low activation rates. This has been linked to various hospital, team, and nursing factors. Yet there is a dearth of research examining how hospital systems shape nurses' behavior with regard to RRT activation. Making systemic constraints visible and modifying them may be the key to improving RRT activation rates and saving more lives.

Nursing

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Nurse's role.
Nursing staff.
Critical care.
Patient care.
Intensive care units.
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