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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.

A Task Force Model for Statewide Change in Nursing Education

April 1, 2013 | Journal Article

This article outlines 10 process steps, followed by recommendations, to transform nursing education in ways to improve patient safety in the state of Michigan.

Measuring the Contributions of Nurses to High-Value Health Care

May 18, 2011 | Program Results Report

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.

Transforming Care at the Bedside--New Jersey

August 9, 2011 | Program Results Report

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.

Emergency Department Nurse Recruitment and Retention

June 4, 2008 | Story

A team was assembled to develop an initiative to improve nurse recruitment and retention, including internal and external recruitment strategies, comprehensive training, and a mentoring program for new ED nurses.

National Quality Forum Announces Publication of New Report of Nursing-Sensitive Care Performance Measures

October 8, 2004 | News Release

Nurses are the main frontline caregivers in the U.S. health care system and are both the largest health care profession and the largest operational expense. While nursing as an organized service and nurses as individual caregivers are critical to th ...

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.

Discharge Nurse Position Description

June 4, 2008 | Toolkit

Staff at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, began using an experienced nurse to support the clinical nurses by coordinating discharge activities, serving as a liaison to other team members and ensuring that all aspects of discharge are complete for patients and families.

Sample TCAB Team Structure

June 4, 2008 | Video

The goal of this section of the tooklit Transforming Care at the Bedside is to identify a unit to serve as the hospital's pilot for TCAB¿one that can learn from the process, be a model for other units hospitalwide and includes nurses who can become champions for quality improvement.

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