Perspectives of staff nurses toward patient- and family-initiated call light usage and response time to call lights.
This survey study describes nurses' perspectives about call light usage and response time. Staff perceived call lights as being patient safety related (52%) and meaningful (81.6%), and answering calls prevented them from doing the critical aspects of their role (43.8%). Staff's perspectives toward call lights should be surveyed on a regular basis.
Department of Nursing, School of Health Professions and Studies, The University of Michigan-Flint, 48502, USA. tzenghm@gmail.com
Huey-Ming
HM
Tzeng
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014789:Visitors to Patients; D055815:Young Adult