Report on Formulating a Research Question and Finding the Best Research Evidence: Rapid response team and hospital mortality Name Course Instructor Date Introduction Rapid response teams (RRTs) have been identified as potentially beneficial to improving patient outcome, as nurses aim to improve the safety of patients. Patient outcomes include prolonged hospitalization, cardiac arrests, and mortality (O’Horo et al., 2015). There is a need to understand the effectiveness of rapid repose team in acute care settings. Research on the intervention fails to address how detecting patients who are risks of deteriorating are affected by the rapid response intervention. During hospitalization, some patients may require the intervention of rapid repose teams compared to others especially those who are chronically ill, those vulnerable to mental illnesses and cardiac diseases. Delays in treatment compromises health outcomes for hospitalized patients, and for those requiring end of life care regular team visits are necessary (Jäderling et al., 2013). Hospitals have allocated resources to support RRT, but some have not relied on published data to determine the effectiveness of this intervention. The research seeks to understand the association between rapid response and patient mortality, and the search strategy will use those keywords to narrow down the research. Studies reviewed will include research where the participants of the study are patients who ar
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