Amber V Buhler, Ryan S Gibbard, Andrew A Caranto
Tolerance, physical dependence, and addiction: Knowledge gaps and misconceptions of first-year pharmacy students
Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning
nurses clinical competence involves integration knowledge skills attitudes thinking ability values strongly affects deteriorating patients managed aim study examine nurses attitudes part clinical competence towards rapid response system two acute hospitals different rapid response system models comparative crosssectional correlational study modified nurses attitudes towards medical emergency team tool distributed among 388 medical surgical registered nurses one acute hospital uk one finland total 179 nurses responded statistical analyses including exploratory factor analysis mannwhitney u tests kruskalwallis tests chisquare tests univariate multivariate regression analyses used generally nurses positive attitudes towards rapid response systems british finnish nurses attitudes towards rapid response system activation divided asked facing stable normal vital signs worrisome patient finnish nurses relied intuition likely activate rapid response system approximately half nurses perceived physicians influence barrier rapid response system activation sociodemographic factor associated nurses activating rapid response system freely work experience 10 years findings beneficial raising awareness nurses attitudes identifying attitudes could act facilitators barriers rapid response system activation study suggests nurses attitudes towards physician influence intuition need improved continuing development clinical competence system model included worrisome one defined parameters activation nurses likely activate rapid response system future rapid response system models may need clear evidencebased instructions nurses manage stable normal vital signs worrisome patients acknowledge nurses intuition clinical judgement