Friday, September 3, 2010

New article published by Bogert, Ferrell, & Rutledge: St. Joseph Hospital, Orange


Congratulations to St. Joseph Hospital authors Soudi Bogert, Carmen Ferrell & Dana Rutledge for their new article published in the July/August 2010 edition of MEDSURG Nursing!

Experience with Family Activation of Rapid Response Teams
Soudi Bogert, Carmen Ferrell, and Dana N. Rutledge
MEDSURG Nursing: The Journal of Adult Health, 2010 July/August; 19 (4): 215-22.

Condition H allows family activation of a rapid response team in a hospital setting. Systematic implementation of Condition H at a 500-bed Magnet® community hospital led to varied types of calls, all of which met the policy criteria. Many communication issues were discovered through this process.

This article is so new it is yet to hit the pages of PubMed or CINAHL, but staff at St. Joseph Hospital, Orange & CHOC may access the full text of this article by making a request through the Burlew Medical Library.