Table 2. Professional Roles of Hospital Staff Interviewed at Study Hospitals.
Type of Staff | No. |
---|---|
Nurses (nonadministration) | 72 |
Resuscitation team member or ED or critical care nurse | 35 |
Educator | 12 |
Manager | 11 |
ED, intensive care unit, or coronary care unit director or supervisor | 10 |
Nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, or CRNA | 4 |
Physicians (nonadministration) | 27 |
Critical care and emergency medicine physician | 9 |
Hospitalist and other | 9 |
Resident physician | 6 |
Anesthesiologist | 3 |
Other staff (nonadministration) | 27 |
Other (intravenous laboratory resuscitation team member, electrocardiogram technician, biomedical services, chaplain, and security) | 10 |
Respiratory therapist resuscitation code team member | 9 |
Pharmacy | 8 |
Administration | 32 |
Senior leadership (president, vice president, and chief medical and nursing officers) | 9 |
Director of service lines (eg, critical care, emergency medicine, anesthesia, cardiac catheterization laboratory, and pharmacy) | 9 |
Quality and data management team | 9 |
Other (department administrator and ACLS trainer) | 5 |
Total | 158 |
Abbreviations: ACLS, advanced cardiac life support; CRNA, certified registered nurse anesthetist; ED, emergency department.