Abstract

Critical Care Outreach Teams (CCOTs) play a vital role in promoting healthy work environments and achieving positive patient outcomes. This presentation reviews strategies used in development and implementation of a CCOT. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and shared vision, clinical nurses can be empowered as change agents in actualizing this disruptive innovation.

Author Details

Holly Lynn Losurdo, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNE; Heather Joy Cook, BSN, RN, CCRN, SCRN; Brittany Wells, BSN, RN, CCRN -- Nursing Finance and Resource Management, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Sigma Membership

Epsilon Upsilon

Lead Author Affiliation

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

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Keywords:

Critical Care Outreach Teams to Improve Patient Outcomes, Critical Care Outreach in a Healthy Work Environment, Interprofessional Collaboration to Prevent Failure to Rescue

Conference Name

Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Conference Year

2019

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Developing a critical care outreach team to improve patient outcomes and promote healthy work environments

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Critical Care Outreach Teams (CCOTs) play a vital role in promoting healthy work environments and achieving positive patient outcomes. This presentation reviews strategies used in development and implementation of a CCOT. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and shared vision, clinical nurses can be empowered as change agents in actualizing this disruptive innovation.