Using crew resource management and a 'read-and-do checklist' to reduce failure-to-rescue events on a step-down unit.

Yinong Young-Xu; Amanda M. Fore; Angelina Metcalf; Kattie Payne; Julia Neily; Gary L. Sculli

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Using crew resource management and a 'read-and-do checklist' to reduce failure-to-rescue events on a step-down unit.

September 12, 2016

Young-Xu Y, Fore AM, Metcalf A, et al. Am J Nurs. 2013;113(9):51-7.

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A teamwork training intervention for nurses on an intermediate care unit increased appropriate utilization of the rapid response team and reduced failure-to-rescue events at a Veterans Affairs hospital.

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