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Ward nurses' evaluation of critical care outreach
Author(s) -
Richardson Annette,
Burnand Valerie,
Colley Heather,
Coulter Catherine
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nursing in critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1478-5153
pISSN - 1362-1017
DOI - 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2004.0049.x
Subject(s) - outreach , nursing , service (business) , medicine , medical education , psychology , business , political science , marketing , law
Summary • Following the recommendation to introduce critical care outreach, two different models on two hospital sites were introduced within a large teaching Trust • To establish ward nurses' views and opinions of important components of the two outreach models, a questionnaire survey was undertaken involving 134 ward nurses on the awareness of outreach, accessibility of outreach and usage of outreach • The results identified a high level of user satisfaction amongst ward nurses. Awareness of critical care outreach and how to access the service within a hospital site was good, with little differences between the two different models. Outreach was found to provide ward nurses with better skills, more knowledge, advice and support • Providing a 24‐h service and continual critical care education and training opportunities are the suggested ways to improve outreach in the future