Sample Aim Statement and Worksheet for Developing a Spread Aim
November 12, 2009 | Toolkit
Improving quality care helps to ensure that innovations are sustained and enables all units to benefit from tested and proven changes.
Hospitals and Hospital Systems
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Idea Sorting & Selection Matrix
January 1, 2008 | Toolkit
Hospitals must determine areas of focus.
TCAB Measures Grid
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
A multifaceted approach rooted in four themes (Patient-Centered Care; Care Team Vitality; Reduction of Waste; Safety and Reliability) lends itself to participating hospitals developing a set of measures to gauge progress.
Predictors of Actual Turnover in a National Sample of Newly Licensed Registered Nurses Employed in Hospitals
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In order to reduce costly turnover among newly-licensed nurses, hospitals should work to improve job satisfaction and organizational commitment before nurses develop the desire to leave their jobs, and also work to reduce workplace injury.
Fanning the Flame to Retain Boomer Nurses
October 1, 2010 | Report
This product was provided to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by the grantee organization, Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc.
Early Career RNs' Perceptions of Quality Care in the Hospital Setting
January 7, 2011 | Journal Article
Nursing quality indicators should include nursing processes, in addition to patient outcomes, to accurately reflect the complexity of hospital nursing care.
Newly Licensed RN Characteristics and Turnover
May 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This research highlight suggests that policy changes that result in better management, better orientations and a decrease in the amount of stressful work may improve the retention of new RNs in hospitals.
Spreading Innovations in Health Care
November 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) is a multiphase, national initiative to improve the work environment on hospital medical-surgical units, and thereby increase the quality of patient care and nurse engagement. This brief discusses the successful spread of TCAB innovations across diverse units and hospitals.
Wisdom at Work
March 25, 2009 | Report
Case Studies of Top Performing Organizations
Transforming Care at the Bedside
National Program
The TCAB program was led by the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI), and has generated significant information about the value of involving nurses and other front-line staff in the redesign of care delivery models and systems.