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Effect of a Nurse-Managed Telemetry Discontinuation Protocol on Monitoring Duration, Alarm Frequency, and Adverse Patient Events

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Telemetry monitoring is a limited resource. This quality improvement project describes a nurse-managed telemetry discontinuation protocol aimed at stopping telemetry monitoring when it is no longer indicated. After implementing the protocol, datawere collected for 6 months and compared with a preintervention time frame. There was a mean decrease in telemetry monitor usage and a decreased likelihood of remaining on a telemetry monitor until discharge. A nurse-managed telemetry discontinuation protocol was effective in decreasing overmonitoring and ensuring telemetry availability.

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Perrin, Keisha、Ernst, Neysa、Nelson, Terry、Sawyer, Melinda、Pfoh, Elizabeth、Cvach, Maria

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Johns Hopkins Univ Hosp, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA

Johns Hopkins, Armstrong Inst Patient Safety & Qual, Baltimore, MD USA

Johns Hopkins Univ, Div Gen Internal Med, Baltimore, MD USA

2017

Journal of nursing care quality

Journal of nursing care quality

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ISSN:1057-3631
年,卷(期):2017.32(2)
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