Practice Change and Culture Change in Implementing Geriatric Care Initiatives
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Recommendations from nurse managers on how to make lasting practice change.
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Transforming Hospital Culture
December 16, 2008 | Program Result Report
In the early 2000s, hospitals began taking steps to improve their organizational culture. They aimed to address several challenges, including patient dissatisfaction, nursing shortages and poor financial performance.
Health Care Without Harm's Research Collaborative
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
From 2008 to 2012, Health Care Without Harm worked to embed best practices for environmental sustainability into health care and to create a business plan for Practice Greenhealth, which has hospital and business members.
Transforming Care at the Bedside--New Jersey
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.
Transforming Care at the Bedside
July 11, 2011 | Program Result Report
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.
Improving the Nurse Work Environment on Medical-Surgical Units Through Technology
August 15, 2010 | Program Result Report
The American Academy of Nursing's Workforce Commission developed Technology Drill Downs through which nurses identified technological solutions to workflow problems - which were introduced in 25 acute-care hospitals across the country.
Wisdom at Work: Retaining Experienced Nurses
July 1, 2010 | Program Result Report
RWJF launched Wisdom at Work: Retaining Experienced Nurses in 2006 to build an evidence base for what works to retain experienced nurses in hospital settings and to develop a better understanding of the impact of existing interventions on the work environment for older nurses.
Creating a Special License for Long-Term-Care Providers with Supportive Workplaces
April 25, 2010 | Program Result Report
North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs created a voluntary, special state license to recognize long-term-care providers who offered a supportive workplace for their direct-care staff. The project was part of Better Jobs Better Care.
Expanding What We Know about Off-Peak Mortality in Hospitals
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Nurses giving bedside care can help researchers learn how off-peak environments affect their workâand variations in patient mortality rates.
Safe Patient-Handling Program "UPLIFTS" Nurse Retention
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A program that promotes nurse safety also can improve retention of older, more experienced nurses.