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Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2016

Publication Title

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volume

31

Issue Number

2

First Page

167

Last Page

173

DOI

10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000156

Disciplines

Nursing

Abstract

The effectiveness of a Rapid Response Team Intervention (RRTI) in preventing transfer to a higher level of care and decreasing in-hospital mortality has not been firmly established. This retrospective exploratory study examined differences between medical-surgical patients who had an RRTI and those who did not. Results yielded 5 statistically significant differences (P

Comments

This is the Accepted Manuscript of an article that appeared in Journal of Nursing Care Quality, volume 31, issue 2, 2016. The Version of Record (VOR) may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000156 SJSU Users: use the following link to login and access the article via SJSU databases.

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