Becker's Healthcare January 3, 2025
Plain language announcements may improve hospital staff responses to nonclinical emergencies compared to traditional coded messages, according to a new nurse-led study from Cleveland Clinic.
The research, conducted by two assistant nurse managers at Cleveland Clinic Medina (Ohio) Hospital, was inspired by their own delayed response to a “Code Silver” — an active shooter announcement. Despite understanding the code, both nurse leaders hesitated to act as they processed its meaning.
“We believed that if the overhead announcement had been in plain, simple language rather than in coded language that needed to be deciphered, valuable time may have been saved because clinical caregivers would have understood the nature of the threat and reacted more quickly,” investigator Ashley Hall, MSN, RN, said...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor