Exploring the relationship between patient call-light use rate and nurse call-light response time in acute care settings.
Exploring the relationship between patient call-light use rate and nurse call-light response time in acute care settings.
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探索急症护理环境中患者呼叫灯使用率与护士呼叫灯响应时间之间的关系。
DOI：
10.1097/ncn.0b013e3181fc41d9
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2011
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Larson,JanetL
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作者：
Tzeng,Huey-Ming;Larson,JanetL
患者呼叫灯的使用和护士对呼叫灯的响应是两个相互交织的概念，可能会影响患者在住院期间的安全。关于呼叫灯使用和呼叫灯响应时间之间的关系知之甚少。因此，这项探索性研究调查了密歇根社区医院患者发起的呼叫灯使用率与护理人员平均呼叫灯响应时间之间的关系。它使用了从 2007 年 2 月到 2008 年 6 月期间从呼叫灯跟踪系统检索到的医院存档数据。进行了曲线估计回归和多元回归分析。结果表明，呼叫灯响应时间不受总护理时间或 RN 时间的影响。当患者呼叫灯使用率较高且平均住院时间较短时，护士呼叫灯响应时间较长。较短的住院时间可能有助于提高病房的护理活动水平，因为它与患者入院/出院和每个患者每天的治疗频率较高有关。这表明设备上的护理活动水平和呼叫灯警报数量可能会影响护士呼叫灯响应时间，与可响应的护士数量无关。
Patient call-light usage and nurse responsiveness to call lights are two intertwined concepts that could affect patients' safety during hospital stays. Little is known about the relationship between call-light usage and call-light response time. Consequently, this exploratory study examined the relationship between the patient-initiated call-light use rate and the nursing staff's average call-light response time in a Michigan community hospital. It used hospital archived data retrieved from the call-light tracking system for the period from February 2007 through June 2008. Curve estimation regression and multiple regression analyses were conducted. The results showed that the call-light response time was not affected by the total nursing hours or RN hours. The nurse call-light response time was longer when the patient call-light use rate was higher and the average length of stay was shorter. It is likely that a shorter length of stay contributes to the nursing care activity level on the unit because it is associated with a higher frequency of patient admissions/discharges and treatment per patient-day. This suggests that the nursing care activity level on the unit and number of call-light alarms could affect nurse call-light response time, independently of the number of nurses available to respond.