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STUDY

Discharge rounds in the 80-hour workweek: importance of the trauma nurse practitioner.

Haan JM, Dutton RP, Willis M, Leone S, Kramer ME, Scalea TM. J Trauma. 2007;63:339-343.

STUDY

Rapid response teams seen through the eyes of the nurse.

Shapiro SE, Donaldson NE, Scott MB. Am J Nurs. 2010;110:28-34.

STUDY

Medication-error reporting and pharmacy resident experience during implementation of computerized prescriber order entry.

Weant KA, Cook AM, Armitstead JA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:526-530.

STUDY

Nurses' perceptions of how rapid response teams affect the nurse, team, and system.

Williams DJ, Newman A, Jones C, Woodard B. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:265-272.

COMMENTARY

Clinical nurse specialists as leaders in rapid response.

Jenkins SD, Lindsey PL. Clin Nurse Spec. 2010;24:24-30.

STUDY

Role of registered nurses in error prevention, discovery and correction.

Rogers AE, Dean GE, Hwang WT, Scott LD. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:117-121.

STUDY

Airway carts: a systems-based approach to airway safety.

Kane BG, Bond WF, Worrilow CC, Richardson DM, on behalf of the Lehigh Valley Hospital Airway Task Force. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:154-161.

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Nurse decision making in the prearrest period.

Gazarian PK, Henneman EA, Chandler GE. Clin Nurs Res. 2010;19:21-37.

STUDY

The effects of computerized provider order entry implementation on communication in intensive care units.

Hoonakker PL, Carayon P, Walker JM, Brown RL, Cartmill RS. Int J Med Inform. 2013;82:e107-e117.

STUDY

Implementation of Condition Help: family teaching and evaluation of family understanding.

Hueckel RM, Mericle JM, Frush K, Martin PL, Champagne MT. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27:176-181.

COMMENTARY

Unreported errors in the intensive care unit: a case study of the way we work.

Henneman EA. Crit Care Nurse. 2007;27:27-34.

STUDY

Leading successful rapid response teams: a multisite implementation evaluation.

Donaldson N, Shapiro S, Scott M, Foley M, Spetz J. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:176-181.

STUDY

Checklists change communication about key elements of patient care.

Newkirk M, Pamplin JC, Kuwamoto R, Allen DA, Chung KK. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012;73(2 suppl 1):S75-S82.

COMMENTARY

Intrahospital transport to the radiology department: risk for adverse events, nursing surveillance, utilization of a MET and practice implications.

Ott LK, Hoffman LA, Hravnak M. J Radiol Nurs. 2011;30:49-52.

STUDY

Healthy work environments, nurse-physician communication, and patients' outcomes.

Manojlovich M, DeCicco B. Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:536-543.

STUDY

Medical errors recovered by critical care nurses.

Dykes PC, Rothschild JM, Hurley AC. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40:241-246.

STUDY

The role of the non-ICU staff nurse on a medical emergency team: perceptions and understanding.

Pusateri ME, Prior MM, Kiely SC. Am J Nurs. 2011;111:22-29.

COMMENTARY

Eliminating preventable death at Ascension Health.

Tolchin S, Brush R, Lange P, Bates P, Garbo JJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:145-154.

CLINICAL GUIDELINE

Inflammation and the Host Response to Injury, a Large-Scale Collaborative Project: patient-oriented research core—standard operating procedures for clinical care. II. Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma patient.

Minei JP, Nathens AB, West M, et al. J Trauma. 2006;60:1106-1113.

COMMENTARY

Development of a modified early warning score using the electronic medical record.

Albert BL, Huesman L. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011;30:283-292.

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