Principles for Tests of Change

June 4, 2008 | Toolkit

Test potential improvements to the unit's care processes that have the potential to transform care in large and small ways.

Using Diagnostic Tools

October 17, 2006 | Report

The Goal: Track the unit's progress on meeting a series of specific measures the TCAB team develops. Why It's Important: The nature of TCAB as an integrated, multifaceted approach rooted in four themes (Patient-Centered Care; Care Team Vitality; Red ...

Transforming Nursing Education

June 4, 2008 | Report

The TCAB Partnership

A 36-Hospital Time and Motion Study

July 1, 2008 | Journal Article

This article examines the methodology and findings of a time and motion study to measure how nurses spend their time at work. The study suggests areas for improvement in terms of efficiencies and reveals the arduous nature of nursing practice.

Steps to Create the Optimal Nursing Unit

October 6, 2008 | Program Result Report

Investigators led a multisite study designed to explore how nurses use their time and whether the design of their workplace has an impact on patient care.

Transforming Care at the Bedside: Patient-Controlled Liberalized Diet

March 1, 2007 | Journal Article

This article shows positive results from a program in Pittsburgh to initiate a patient-centered food service in a hospital setting that takes into account the perspectives of a multidisciplinary team including the patient and a nutritionist.

Transforming Care at the Bedside

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.

TCAB Communications Guidelines

October 1, 2007 | Toolkit

Addressing the Nurse Shortage to Improve the Quality of Patient Care

January 1, 2006 | Journal Article

Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals providing direct patient care in hospitals, and the quality of care for hospital patients is strongly linked to the performance of nursing staff, according to an Institute of Medicine report. ...

The Story of Transforming Care at the Bedside

January 30, 2005 | Report

Tami Merryman, vice president of Patient Care Services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside, presents a summary of Shadyside's efforts to implement the Foundation's Transforming Care at Bedside initiative. Her remarks are excerpt ...