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A Phased Cluster-randomized Trial of Rural Hospitals Testing a Quality Collaborative to Improve Heart Failure Care

May 1, 2013 | Journal Article

Nurse staffing stability associated with improved performance measures in heart failure care in rural hospitals according to this study.

Measuring the Contributions of Nurses to High-Value Health Care

May 18, 2011 | Program Result

Creating a set of measures that would make the connection between what nurses do and the quality of care patients receive and studying their implementation in hospitals.

TCAB Spread

January 1, 2008 | Issue Brief

Nurses are now called to a ???Vitality Huddle??? between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. via the unit's call system. The nurses gather in the workroom near the nurses' station for 10-15 minutes to interact and focus on relationship building.

Transforming Care at the Bedside--New Jersey

August 9, 2011 | Program Result

Transforming Care at the Bedside-New Jersey is a state specific application of the nurse-driven TCAB process of hospital improvement. This is a look at the project's progress at the halfway mark.

Participation of Unit Nurses

November 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This evaluation found that some hospitals can extensively and successfully implement the principles of Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB), however, even these hospitals, which were selected due to their previous experience with innovation and quality improvement, do not necessarily sustain the TCAB processes beyond the first year.

Flowchart Setup Report

June 4, 2008 | Video/Survey/Poll

In order to improve the process, a new role was created for a resource nurse and the traditional charge nurse role was eliminated.

Transforming Care at the Bedside

January 1, 2004 | Report

This white paper was published by The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The paper outlines RWJF's Transforming Care at Bedside initiative, an effort to improve the quality of care in medica ...

Wisdom at Work

June 1, 2006 | Report

This paper is a response to the current and increasingly daunting crisis resulting from the shortage of nurses. This paper focuses on one approach—the retention of the older nurse to the usual retirement age and even beyond.

Nurse-Led Heart Failure Quality Collaborative for Rural Hospitals

May 1, 2009 | Journal Article

Best practices of nursing are compiled into a toolkit to improve health failure patient outcomes in rural hospitals.

Transforming Care at the Bedside: Patient-Controlled Liberalized Diet

March 1, 2007 | Journal Article

This article shows positive results from a program in Pittsburgh to initiate a patient-centered food service in a hospital setting that takes into account the perspectives of a multidisciplinary team including the patient and a nutritionist.

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