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Factors influencing nurses’ decisions to activate medical emergency teams

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  • Ioannis Pantazopoulos
  • Aikaterini Tsoni
  • Evangelia Kouskouni
  • Lila Papadimitriou
  • Elizabeth O Johnson
  • Theodoros Xanthos

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Aims and objectives. To evaluate the relationship between nurse demographics and correct identification of clinical situations warranting specific nursing actions, including activation of the medical emergency team. Background. If abnormal physiology is left untreated, the patient may develop cardiac arrest. Nurses in general wards are those who perceive any clinical deterioration in patients. Design. A descriptive, quantitative design was selected. Methods. An anonymous survey with 13 multiple choice questions was distributed to 150 randomly selected nurses working in general medical and surgical wards of a large tertiary hospital in Athens, Greece. After explanation of the purposes of the study, 94 nurses (response ratio: 62%) agreed to respond to the questionnaire. Results. Categories with the greatest nursing concern were patients with heart rate

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  • Ioannis Pantazopoulos & Aikaterini Tsoni & Evangelia Kouskouni & Lila Papadimitriou & Elizabeth O Johnson & Theodoros Xanthos, 2012. "Factors influencing nurses’ decisions to activate medical emergency teams," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 21(17‐18), pages 2668-2678, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:21:y:2012:i:17-18:p:2668-2678
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04080.x
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    1. Daphne SK Lee & Khatijah Lim Abdullah & Pathmawathi Subramanian & Robert Thomas Bachmann & Swee Leong Ong, 2017. "An integrated review of the correlation between critical thinking ability and clinical decision‐making in nursing," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(23-24), pages 4065-4079, December.
    2. Christine W. Nibbelink & Barbara B. Brewer, 2018. "Decision‐making in nursing practice: An integrative literature review," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(5-6), pages 917-928, March.

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