Perspectives on Pay for Performance in Nursing
November 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
The November 2009 issue of Charting Nursing's Future offers the perspectives of leading experts on the challenges and possibilities of pay for performance in nursing.
Recruitment and Retention
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Nurses' Widespread Job Dissatisfaction, Burnout, and Frustration with Health Benefits Signal Problems for Patient Care
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Patient satisfaction levels are lower in hospitals with more nurses who are dissatisfied or burned out—a finding that signals problems with quality of care.
Nurses for the Future
January 20, 2011 | Commentary
The historical pattern of nursing education needs to be altered in order to have enough nursing faculty, advanced practice registered nurses and nurse leaders for tomorrow.
Transforming Care at the Bedside
July 11, 2011 | Program Result
Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) was a national initiative to improve hospital patient care and the hospital work environment by empowering front-line nurses to implement innovative new practices on their units.
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.
Addressing the Nursing Shortage - Part I
January 1, 2005 | Issue Brief
Partnerships among Governments, Schools, and Employers Are Getting Results.
TCAB Spread
January 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
Nurses are now called to a ???Vitality Huddle??? between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. via the unit's call system. The nurses gather in the workroom near the nurses' station for 10-15 minutes to interact and focus on relationship building.
Flowchart Setup Report
June 4, 2008 | Video/Survey/Poll
In order to improve the process, a new role was created for a resource nurse and the traditional charge nurse role was eliminated.
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.
The Business Case for TCAB
January 1, 2009 | Report
This white paper provides a cost-benefit analysis for Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB). TCAB is a program to improve processes and outcomes in hospital medical and surgical units and is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.