Searching CINAHL and Joanna Briggs for the concept of team nursing and acute care settings located the following for review.

Fairbrother G, Jones A, Rivas K. Changing model of nursing care from individual patient allocation to team nursing in the acute inpatient environment. Contemporary Nurse: A Journal For The Australian Nursing Profession [serial online]. June 2010;35(2):202-220.

Measuring the impact of a team model of nursing practice using work sampling. Australian health review 2007 vol:31 iss:1 pg:98

Nursing practice models for acute and critical care: overview of care delivery models. Critical care nursing clinics of North America 2008 vol:20 iss:4 pg:365

Collegian Redesign of the model of nursing practice in an acute care ward: nurses’ experiences. 2006 vol:13 iss:1 pg:31

Cioffi J, Ferguson Am L. Team nursing in acute care settings: nurses’ experiences. Contemporary Nurse: A Journal For The Australian Nursing Profession [ser. August 2009;33(1):2-12.

Ferguson L, Cioffi J. Team nursing: experiences of nurse managers in acute care settings. Australian Journal Of Advanced Nursing. June 2011;28(4):5-11.

Dr Kylie Porritt BN MNSc PhD
Rapid Response Teams within acute hospitals 22/09/2011