Psychometric Testing of the Smoking Cessation Counseling Scale
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The SCC scale was found to be reliable and valid for representing nursing compliance with evidence-based smoking cessation counseling.
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Effects of Nurse Staffing and Nurse Education on Patient Deaths in Hospitals With Different Nurse Work Environments
November 30, 2011 | Journal Article
Nurse staffing improvements have the greatest positive effect in hospitals with the best nurse working environments.
RWJF, Three Other Foundations to Support New National Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
June 29, 2012 | Story
Goal is to promote team-based learning among nurses, doctors and other health professionals to improve patient care.
Evaluation of Better Jobs, Better Care
October 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll
Better Jobs Better Care sought to change public policy and management practice to improve recruitment and retention of high-quality paraprofessional direct care workers (DCW).
Breaking the Glass Ceiling for Nurses in Health Care Organizations
July 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
The National Center for Healthcare Leadership conducted research to identify best practices for increasing the role of nurses in the senior leadership of health care organizations and designed a model intervention for enhancing nursing leadership.
Improving the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Program and Evaluation
June 25, 2012 | Program Result Report
Improving the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Program and Evaluation funded nine teams of researchers to address a core question within health care environments: "How will we know that change is an improvement?"
Specialized Hospital Units for Elderly Provide Shorter Stays, Lower Costs
June 20, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Hospital units designed specifically for the care of older patients could save as much as $6 billion a year, a study from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) finds. In a randomized controlled trial, patients in “acute care for elder ...
Community Commitment to Health Care
June 30, 2009 | Story/Audio
Cincinnati's Diabetes Footprint Campaign
Validity and Usefulness of Members Reports of Implementation Progress in a Quality Improvement Initiative
October 3, 2011 | Journal Article
A 10-minute monthly survey measures progress of a team-based quality improvement intervention.
Nursing Practice Environment and Registered Nurses' Job Satisfaction in Nursing Homes
September 9, 2011 | Journal Article
A supportive practice environment is positively associated with RN job satisfaction in New Jersey nursing homes.