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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.

Some hospitals have begun allowing patients and families to directly summon a rapid response team. This implementation study reports on the training process for establishing a family-activated rapid response team at a children's hospital.

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Resource Type

Setting of Care

Target Audience

Quality and Safety Professionals

Educators

Clinical Area

Critical Care

Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Neonatology and Intensive Care

Safety Target

Medical Complications

Error Types

Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

Approach to Improving Safety

Patient Education

Rapid Response Team

Origin/Sponsor

United States of America