Nurse decision making and the prevention of adverse events

This study describes the cues and factors that influence the decision making process used by nurses when identifying and interrupting a potential adverse event in the acute care setting. The adverse event of interest was preventable in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest. Research Questions: (1) What cu...

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Main Author: Gazarian, Priscilla K
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2008
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3325326