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November 27, 2012 | Journal Article
Initiatives to strengthen the capacity to provide excellent patient care by increasing QI practices have grown in the last decade. In this study, the authors examine two cohorts of newly registered nurses, two years apart, to compare participation in QI activities.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A supportive nursing practice environment is associated with fewer pressure ulcers and fewer deficiency citations in this study of New Jersey nursing homes.
August 9, 2011 | Program Result 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.
July 5, 2011 | Story
"There's that stigma where the doctor is some almighty person, and the nurse is in more of a subservient role."
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 ...
October 15, 2007 | Report
Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) is a multiphase program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The evaluation, led by Jack Needleman, Ph.D., of the UCLA School of Public Health, began in September 2004 and will end in May 2009.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The director of a stepdown unit at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) St. Margaret Hospital details her team's experience with changing a fundamental policy regarding transporting telemetry patients for off-unit procedures.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) is helping to redesign hospital care by developing new nursing leaders. Pamela Austin Thomas, CEO of the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE), asserts that TCAB has the potential to change decision-making in the entire health care system.
May 13, 2010 | Toolkit
Goal was to reduce errors and ensure patients receive the correct diet ordered by physicians. Satisfaction improved among nursing associates and dietary associates. Communication between the various hospital departments also improved.
December 23, 2009 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Rutgers University Center for State Health Policy convened a forum on the issues surrounding reimbursement of high-quality nursing care.