Development and initial testing of the stroke rapid-treatment readiness tool.
Abstract
No instruments are currently available to help health systems identify target areas
for reducing door-to-needle times for the administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen
activator to eligible patients with ischemic stroke. A 67-item Likert-scale survey
was administered by telephone to stroke personnel at 252 U.S. hospitals participating
in the "Get With The Guidelines-Stroke" quality improvement program. Factor analysis
was used to refine the instrument to a four-factor 29-item instrument that can be
used by hospitals to assess their readiness to administer intravenous tissue plasminogen
activator within 60 minutes of patient hospital arrival.
Type
Journal articleSubject
Cerebral InfarctionEarly Medical Intervention
Efficiency, Organizational
Guideline Adherence
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous
Patient Admission
Patient Care Team
Quality Improvement
Thrombolytic Therapy
Time and Motion Studies
Tissue Plasminogen Activator
Workflow
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10.1097/JNN.0000000000000082Publication Info
Olson, DaiWai M; Cox, Margueritte; Constable, Mark; Britz, Gavin W; Lin, Cheryl B;
Zimmer, Louise O; ... Peterson, Eric D (2014). Development and initial testing of the stroke rapid-treatment readiness tool. J Neurosci Nurs, 46(5). pp. 267-273. 10.1097/JNN.0000000000000082. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/15006.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Eric David Peterson
Fred Cobb, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Dr Peterson is the Fred Cobb Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of
Cardiology, a DukeMed Scholar, and the Past Executive Director of the Duke Clinical
Research Institute (DCRI), Durham, NC, USA.
Dr Peterson is the Principal Investigator of the National Institute of Health, Lung
and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Spironolactone Initiation Registry Randomized Interventional
Trial in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (SPIRRIT) Trial He is also
the Principal I
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