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October 15, 2004 | Program Result Report
Texas A& M University oversaw a consortium of health care interests that developed a predictive model to identify future nursing care needs and helped initiate improvements in the nursing education system, including an online nursing curriculum.
February 13, 2013 | Program Result Report
Western Governors University in Salt Lake City developed and implemented a Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, which provides online courses and clinical experiences to students preparing for initial licensure as registered nurses.
January 1, 2007 | Book
The most consistent priority of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been to expand access to medical care for underserved individuals, a disproportionate number of whom live in rural areas. The Foundation has employed a number of approaches to improve health services for people living in rural areas. In this chapter, the award-winning author and frequent Anthology contributor Digby Diehl looks at a program designed to improve access to medical care for people living in some of the nation's most underserved areas?the rural South of the United States.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Seton Family of Hospital's TCAB spread leaders believe the units most likely to adopt the TCAB program successfully demonstrate: strong engagement by unit leadership in the process at least one TCAB champion on the unit and a method to regularly share information about the process.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Texas Department of Health established an initiative to build upon the state's primary health care program that funds selected sites that are providing primary and preventive care to low-income uninsured persons.
July 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
Ladders in Nursing Careers (L.I.N.C.) was a career advancement and health care work force education national program.
July 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
In 1993 and 1997, Texas Ladders in Nursing Careers (L.I.N.C.) worked to recruit students on a community-by-community basis, rather than an institution-by-institution basis.
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.
June 4, 2008 | Video/Toolkit
Staff at Seton Family of Hospitals in Texas developed a risk assessment protocol, identifying populations at risk and using prevention tools such as alerts and patient-care rounding, which has enabled the staff to consistently meet its goal of just two falls per 1,000 patient days.
July 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston changed is curriculum to increase the number of generalist graduates overall and the number who ultimately practice in rural and underserved communities.