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. 2011 Feb;24(1):59-63.
doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.03.003. Epub 2009 Jul 9.

Perspectives of staff nurses toward patient- and family-initiated call light usage and response time to call lights

Huey-Ming Tzeng  1
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Perspectives of staff nurses toward patient- and family-initiated call light usage and response time to call lights

Huey-Ming Tzeng. Appl Nurs Res. 2011 Feb.

Abstract

This survey study describes nurses' perspectives about call light usage and response time. Staff perceived call lights as being patient safety related (52%) and meaningful (81.6%), and answering calls prevented them from doing the critical aspects of their role (43.8%). Staff's perspectives toward call lights should be surveyed on a regular basis.

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