Intensive & critical care nursing : the official journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses
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Intensive Crit Care Nurs · Aug 2020
ReviewThe impact of rapid response systems on mortality and cardiac arrests - A literature review.
Rapid response systems were created to improve recognition of and response to deterioration of general ward patients. ⋯ Evidence suggests that when the process of introducing/maintaining a rapid response system is successful and under certain favourable conditions, rapid response systems significantly decrease mortality and cardiac arrests.
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Intensive Crit Care Nurs · Aug 2020
Nurses' experiences of ICU diaries following implementation of national recommendations for diaries in intensive care units: A quality improvement project.
To evaluate critical care nurses' experiences of ICU diaries following the implementation of national recommendations for the use of diaries for critically ill patients. ⋯ The results of this quality improvement project indicate that access to national recommendations on the use of diaries for critically ill patients have a potential of changing routines and increase standardisation.