Key result
Expert nurses effectively train staff to implement ECG monitoring standards for arrhythmia, ischemia, and QT intervals.
Why the study?
Advanced practice nurses and expert staff nurses have the potential to improve hospital ECG monitoring by implementing recommended practice standards for arrhythmia, ischemia, and QT-interval monitoring.
Case Report (n=2)
Expert nurses can use case studies to teach staff how to implement best practice standards for ECG monitoring, potentially improving patient outcomes.
Case studies may aid ECG standards education by expert nurses; leaves open effects on monitoring quality or outcomes.
Advanced practice nurses and expert staff nurses are in a position to improve the way patients' electrocardiograms (ECGs) are monitored in hospital units. Recently published practice standards recommend the best practices for arrhythmia, ischemia, and QT-interval ECG monitoring. Two case studies are presented here to illustrate how expert nurses can teach staff to incorporate the practice standards into their clinical practice. As nurses become more expert in ECG monitoring, it is expected that they will detect ECG abnormalities earlier, and patients will have more timely treatment and better outcomes.
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Barbara J. Drew (2007) conducted a case report in ECG monitoring (n=2). Teaching staff to incorporate ECG monitoring practice standards was evaluated. Two case studies illustrate how expert nurses can teach staff to incorporate practice standards for arrhythmia, ischemia, and QT-interval ECG monitoring into clinical practice.
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