Decreasing the Inappropriate Use of Telemetry in a Community Hospital
| dc.contributor.author | Matney, Jennifer E. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | DeSilva, Eliot | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-20T18:44:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-10-20T18:44:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-10-20 | |
| dc.identifier | CONV17PST196 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10755/623405 | |
| dc.description | 44th Biennial Convention 2017 Theme: Influence Through Action: Advancing Global Health, Nursing, and Midwifery. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This presentation will describe a quality improvement project undertaken to decrease alarm fatigue and inappropriate use of telemetry in non-critically ill hospitalized patients by implementing process changes to improve adherence to published American Heart Association guidelines. | en |
| dc.format | Text-based Document | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Alarm Fatigue | en |
| dc.subject | Hospital Resource Utilization | en |
| dc.subject | Telemetry | en |
| dc.title | Decreasing the Inappropriate Use of Telemetry in a Community Hospital | en |
| dc.type | Poster | en |
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| dc.type.category | Full-text | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Eta Iota at-Large | en |
| dc.author.details | Jennifer E. Matney, DNP, School of Nursing, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Eliot DeSilva, MD, MPH, Hospital Medicine of Exeter, Exeter Hospital, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA | en |
| dc.conference.name | 44th Biennial Convention | en |
| dc.conference.host | Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursing | en |
| dc.conference.location | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | en |
| dc.date.conferenceyear | 2017 | |
| dc.description.reviewtype | None: Event Material, Invited Presentation | en |
| dc.description.acquisition | Proxy-submission | en |
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