Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety / Joint Commission Resources
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Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf · Dec 2008
Using an advanced practice nursing model for a rapid response team.
Outcomes, including reductions in codes per 1,000 discharges, failure-to-rescue rates, and medical-surgical mortalities and improvement in staff satisfaction, were all indicative of the efficacy of the APN-model RRT. Future studies might compare these outcomes with those of other team models.