Open AccessPAs reduce rounding interruptions in the pediatric intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Rebecca Hascall,
R. Serene Perkins,
Lauren Kmiecik,
Priya Gupta,
Carolyn Shelak,
Shaban Demirel,
Mark T. Buchholz
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the american academy of physician assistants
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 0893-7400
DOI - 10.1097/01.jaa.0000533661.80449.da
Subject(s) - rounding , pediatric intensive care unit , referral , medicine , intensive care unit , duration (music) , emergency medicine , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , nursing , computer science , art , literature , operating system
We investigated the proportion of encounters that were interrupted during family-centered rounds in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) to determine whether the use of a physician assistant (PA) significantly affected the proportion of interrupted encounters.