Reform in Action: Improving Quality in Hospitals
August 23, 2012 | Issue Brief/Infographic
AF4Q is working with nearly 300 hospitals in 16 communities to develop, test, implement, and spread quality improvement strategies.
Acute Care
You are now viewing 1 - 10 of 20 results
Sort results by:
Reform in Action: Improving Quality in Hospitals
August 23, 2012
AF4Q is working with nearly 300 hospitals in 16 communities to develop, test, implement, and spread quality improvement strategies.
A Multicenter, Phased, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The success of this nurse-led collaborative underscores the role of nurses in quality improvement.
Nurses' Practice Environments, Error Interception Practices, and Impatient Medication Errors
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Nurses play a critical role in identifying and intercepting medication errors regardless where the error originates—at the prescribing, transcribing, dispensing or administration stages.
The Impact of Nurses' Health on Productivity and Quality of Care
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article presents concerns about nurses who continue to work despite suffering physical pain or while under mental stress. The authors conducted focus groups with RNs and hospital management at four hospitals in North Carolina.
Off-Peak Nurse Staffing
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Safe, high quality care depends on appropriate nurse staffing around the clock.
Nurse and Patient Perceptions of Discharge Readiness in Relation to Postdischarge Utilization
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Formalizing nurse assessment of patients' readiness for discharge could identify at-risk patients and reduce avoidable health care use.
Age-Related Differences in Perception of Quality of Discharge Teaching and Readiness for Hospital Discharge
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Older adults have different discharge needs than the general population and require more help in making care transitions.
The Impact of Worker Health on Long Term Care
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Direct care workers who come to work with health issues impact productivity and patient care quality.
The Difference Nurses are Making to Improve Quality of Older Adults through the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative addresses issues important to improving the quality of care for older adults.