Qualitative domains, categories and themes derived from interviews
| Domain | Category and theme | |
| Positive impact implications | Negative implications | |
| Morale/teamwork | Support and empowerment for nurses | Conflict between primary team and nurse/between primary team and RRT |
| Education | Education for physicians and for nurses | Negative impact for education of housestaff |
| Workload | Redistribution of nurses' workload during emergent care | Burden of work for RRT members |
| Positive impact for physician workload | ||
| Patient care | Formalised process for escalation of care for patients | Errors and delays due to lack of continuity |
| Hospital administration | Patient flow, throughput through hospital | |
| Retention of nurses | ||
RRT, rapid response team.