Implementation of Practice Standards for ECG Monitoring

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Disease

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01269736

Run by

Yale University

People needed

92057

Starts

2008-08-01

Expected to finish

2014-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-31

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Nurses (and monitor technicians): All nurses (and monitor technicians) working on participating units serving patients with cardiac disease
• Patients: All patients cared for on participating units

You may not qualify if…

• Nurses (and monitor technicians): No nurses (or monitor technicians) will be excluded
• Patients: No patients on the participating units will be excluded, even if their primary diagnosis is not cardiac

Where it is running

• Long Beach Memorial Medical Center — Long Beach, California, United States
• University of California, San Francisco Medical Center — San Francisco, California, United States
• Yale-New Haven Hospital — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Maine Medical Center — Portland, Maine, United States
• Baystate Medical Center — Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
• United Hospital — Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
• Erie County Medical Center — Buffalo, New York, United States
• University of North Carolina Hospitals — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
• Aultman Hospital — Canton, Ohio, United States
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Seton Medical Center — Austin, Texas, United States
• Baylor University Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States
• Meriter Heart Hospital — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital — Hong Kong, China

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