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Evaluating A Rapid Response Team Performance To Implement Best Practice In Rapid Response Team Protocol, Pansy Samuel

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Background

Rapid Response Teams (RRT) provide clinical resources to improve patient safety outcomes at healthcare institutions. This team promptly responds to deteriorating patient conditions to prevent further deterioration and reduce mortality rates. Rapid response teams do not always perform optimally. Reasons for this performance failure include breakdowns in communication, team dynamics, or other variables that can often be adjusted when the team members understand the role these variables play in undermining the performance of the RRT. An understanding of the perceptions of the RRT members regarding their roles and potential areas of improvement did provide valuable data that was utilized …