Rolling out the rapid response team.

Lynn Gallagher-Ford; Ellen Fineout-Overholt; Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk; Susan B Stillwell

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Rolling out the rapid response team.

June 1, 2011

Gallagher-Ford L, Fineout-Overholt E, Melnyk BM, et al. Am J Nurs. 2011;111(5):42-47.

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This commentary explains how to use evidenced-based practice to implement a rapid response team.

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