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Implementation of Practice Standards for ECG Monitoring

NCT01269736 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92057

Last updated 2017-08-31

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effect of implementing new practice standards for electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring on nurses' knowledge and skills, quality of care, and patient outcomes. The investigators hypothesize that increased knowledge and skills of nurses will lead to enhanced quality of care, which will result in improved outcomes for patients.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Education

Online ECG monitoring education program and strategies to implement and sustain change for nurses

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marjorie Funk, PhD, RN · Yale University School of Nursing

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-03-31
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada
  • China

Study Locations

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Diseases

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