Factors influencing nurses’ decisions to activate medical emergency teams

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

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2012, vol. 21, issue 17‐18, 2668-2678

Abstract: 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

Date: 2012
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