Nursing
American Medical Informatics Association Inc.
Bethesda, MD
Summit to address using health information technology to enable the reform of nursing education and practice.
$46,280
(1 year)
ID 58201
Ascension Health
St. Louis, MO
Using simulation to develop a consensus on the ideal nursing unit.
$399,000
(6 months)
ID 58298
Boston University Health Policy Institute
Boston, MA
Examining the impact of patient census variability on nurse-to-patient ratios within surgical units and the amount of care provided at the bedside.
$289,706
(1 year)
ID 55704
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing
Los Angeles, CA
Producing a refined and validated interdisciplinary measurement tool for nurse team functioning and vitality.
$50,075
(6 months)
ID 58123
Center for Health Design Inc.
Concord, CA
Developing tools and products to facilitate the adoption of evidence-based hospital design to enhance the work environment of nurses.
$574,814
(1 year)
ID 55450
Communications Support for the Nursing Program Area
To manage strategic communications for the Foundation's Nursing program area to produce high-quality, consistent, timely products and messages that help increase impact.
Communications Projects
Multiple Contractors
Second National Nurse Funders Collaborative meeting.
$11,677
(4 months)
ID 56738
Strategic communications for the Foundation's Nursing program area.
$315,000
(10 months)
ID 57286
Consulting and meeting costs for the Foundation's Nursing program area.
$50,000
(7 months)
ID 57461
Strategic communications for the Foundation's Nursing program area.
$1,685,000
(2 years)
ID 58152
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Atlanta, GA
Developing community-based tools to increase the use of evidence-based design in hospital construction.
$749,896
(17 months)
ID 58197
Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative
To support interdisciplinary studies that address critical knowledge gaps about nursing quality and for the synthesis, translation and dissemination of results to key stakeholders.
Program Sites
University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing
San Francisco, CA
Examining the causal relationship between the quality of nursing care and patient outcomes in acute inpatient units.
$305,643
(2 years)
ID 58296
Emory University, Neil Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Atlanta, GA
Developing and testing nursing-sensitive quality of care performance measures.
$302,219
(2 years)
ID 58290
General Hospital Corporation–Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Testing the impact of a pre-hospital patient risk profile on nursing-sensitive quality of care performance measures for older hospitalized adults.
$308,018
(2 years)
ID 58293
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Linking bloodstream infection rates to intensive care nursing context of care and process.
$308,165
(2 years)
ID 58292
Massachusetts Hospital Research & Educational Association Inc.
Burlington, MA
Testing the effects of state rollouts of the National Quality Forum's nursing-sensitive quality of care performance measures.
$302,050
(2 years)
ID 58294
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, MN
Improving the National Quality Forum's nursing-sensitive quality of care performance measures on failure to rescue.
$305,634
(2 years)
ID 58295
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
Validating the National Quality Forum's nursing-sensitive quality of care performance measures.
$308,151
(2 years)
ID 58297
Research Foundation of the City University of New York
New York, NY
Developing and testing nursing quality measures with consumers and patients.
$309,069
(2 years)
ID 58288
University of Utah College of Nursing
Salt Lake City, UT
Measuring nursing care quality as related to pain management in an acute care setting.
$308,618
(2 years)
ID 58299
Other Program Activities
Constella Group, LLC
Durham, NC
Administrative support services for the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative.
$347,670
(1 year)
ID 59257
Mary D. Naylor, Ph.D., R.N.
Newtown Square, PA
Independent consultant for the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Reseach Initiative.
$79,043
(1 year)
ID 59260
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
Technical assistance and direction for the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative.
$201,176
(1 year)
ID 59258
Isaacson, Miller, Inc.
Washington, DC
Planning for Pipeline to Placement: a national effort to increase the number of nurses on influential health care boards.
$297,005
(2 years)
ID 57571
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Testing and implementing nursing-sensitive quality of care performance measures.
$299,490
(2 years)
ID 59409
The Media Network, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
Studying the factors influencing minority nurse retention on hospital medical/surgical units.
$104,568
(6 months)
ID 58153
Partners Investing in Nursing's Future
National program in partnership with local foundations to address nursing issues important to those at the local and state levels.
Program Sites
Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association
Juneau, AK
$255,789
(2 years)
ID 58352
BCBSM Foundation
Detroit, MI
$246,602
(2 years)
ID 58379
Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, Inc.
Salisbury, MD
$250,000
(2 years)
ID 58369
Healthone
Denver, CO
$248,000
(2 years)
ID 58927
HMSA Foundation
Honolulu, HI
$249,997
(2 years)
ID 58355
MHA Health, Research and Educational Foundation, Inc.
Jackson, MS
$250,000
(2 years)
ID 58373
Regional Employment Board of Hampden County, Inc.
Springfield, MA
$250,000
(2 years)
ID 58371
The Rogosin Institute
New York, NY
$148,192
(2 years)
ID 58357
St. James Healthcare Foundation
Butte, MT
$246,518
(2 years)
ID 58356
Ventura County Community Foundation
Camarillo, CA
$231,625
(2 years)
ID 58358
Other Program Activities
TCC Group, Inc.
New York, NY
Evaluation of Partners Investing in Nursing's Future.
$397,150
(52 months)
ID 57289
Prevention of Hospital Falls
To support a review of the literature on best practices in reducing falls and identification of up to eight hospitals with a superior track record in reducing falls; and convene and coach these hospitals over an 18-month period to enable them to pilot test and measure the impact of combinations of interventions to reduce falls.
Program Sites
Allina Health System
Minneapolis, MN
Developing innovative interventions to reduce harm from falls at hospitals.
$19,000
(1 year)
ID 58130
Iowa Health System
Des Moines, IA
Testing and implementing promising new diagnostics measures and ideas in Iowa hospitals to significantly reduce falls.
$19,000
(1 year)
ID 57553
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Tampa, FL
Hip fracture prevention for vulnerable patients in acute care.
$19,000
(1 year)
ID 57527
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Roseville, CA
Evidence-based program designed to decrease patient falls and fall-related injuries.
$19,000
(1 year)
ID 57583
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY
Identifying the best assessment tool to substantially decrease or eliminate harm from falls.
$18,987
(1 year)
ID 57607
Meriter Hospital, Inc.
Madison, WI
Using a multihospital approach to develop innovative ideas to reduce falls and collaboratively disseminate information.
$19,000
(1 year)
ID 57539
Sentara Healthcare - Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
Virginia Beach, VA
Validating a combination of interventions to reduce falls and prevent injury in the Sentara Healthcare system.
$19,000
(1 year)
ID 57540
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Testing interventions to prevent falls in a comprehensive care center.
$18,894
(1 year)
ID 57536
Sage Publications, Inc.
Thousand Oaks, CA
Supplement to the Medical Care Research and Review journal on nursing-sensitive quality of care performance measures.
$30,000
(11 months)
ID 56621
Strategic Partnerships LLC
Alexandria, VA
Assessment of potential partnership opportunities with public and private-sector organizations on nurse education and retention.
$22,750
(4 months)
ID 59054
Supporting Regional Response Team Learning Networks
Program to provide support to health care systems, hospital associations, and other entities to establish learning networks to help hospitals implement and test rapid response team interventions, which are a promising approach to improve patient outcomes and improve the work environment for nurses.
University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing
San Francisco, CA
Evaluation of Supporting Regional Response Team Learning Networks.
$224,023
(2 years)
ID 55702
Transforming Care at the Bedside
To prototype hospital nursing unit-level strategies to improve the work environment and quality of care.
Program Sites
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
$90,078
(2 years)
ID 57966
Children's Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
$91,189
(2 years)
ID 57967
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Tampa, FL
$89,287
(2 years)
ID 57968
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Roseville, CA
$90,000
(2 years)
ID 57969
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care Inc.
New Hyde Park, NY
$90,000
(2 years)
ID 57970
Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc.
Watertown, SD
$90,000
(2 years)
ID 57972
Seton Northwest Hospital
Austin, TX
$90,000
(2 years)
ID 57973
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
$90,000
(2 years)
ID 57971
ThedaCare Inc.
Appleton, WI
$90,000
(2 years)
ID 57974
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA
$90,000
(2 years)
ID 57975
Other Program Activities
American Organization of Nurse Executives
Chicago, IL
Disseminating lessons learned from Transforming Care at the Bedside projects.
$932,080
(2 years)
ID 57978
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA
Evaluation of Transforming Care at the Bedside III.
$1,000,000
(30 months)
ID 57477
Patricia Chiverton
Lakeville, NY
Consulting to help develop the educational content from Transforming Care at the Bedside for nursing school curriculum on quality and safety.
$19,000
(1 year)
ID 58032
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Cambridge, MA
Technical assistance and direction for Transforming Care at the Bedside.
$1,678,780
(2 years)
ID 57197
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Tampa, FL
Developing tools for use at hospital admission for patient education and discharge planning.
$19,875
(1 year)
ID 55788
Transforming Hospital Culture
Program to document how hospitals create and sustain culture change in their institutions to improve the nursing work environment.
Program Sites
Aurora Health Care Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$49,922
(9 months)
ID 56361
CH Allied Services, Inc., dba Boone Hospital Center
Columbia, MO
$49,593
(9 months)
ID 56362
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
$50,000
(9 months)
ID 56364
Copley Health Systems Inc.
Morrisville, VT
$29,362
(9 months)
ID 56365
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation, Inc.
Neptune, NJ
$49,603
(9 months)
ID 56360
Lakeland Regional Health System
St. Joseph, MI
$50,000
(9 months)
ID 56368
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Inc.
Boise, ID
$50,000
(9 months)
ID 56363
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
$49,976
(9 months)
ID 56366
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
New York, NY
Invitational conference to address the nursing crisis in New York City and beyond.
$17,050
(10 months)
ID 59111
Wisdom at Work: Retaining Experienced Nurses
Program to build an evidence base for what works to retain experienced nurses and develop a better understanding of the impact of these interventions.
Program Sites
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
$75,000
(18 months)
ID 59645
Centra Health, Inc.
Lynchburg, VA
$75,000
(18 months)
ID 59646
Edward Foundation
Naperville, IL
$74,978
(18 months)
ID 59649
Florida Health Science Center Inc.
Tampa, FL
$74,957
(18 months)
ID 59647
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$45,808
(18 months)
ID 59652
Greenville Hospital Systems
Greenville, SC
$75,000
(18 months)
ID 59656
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Cooperstown, NY
$69,976
(18 months)
ID 59655
Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc.
Greenville, NC
$75,000
(18 months)
ID 59653
Poudre Valley Health System Foundation
Fort Collins, CO
$72,442
(18 months)
ID 59648
University of Rochester School of Nursing
Rochester, NY
$75,000
(18 months)
ID 59657
Rush Copley Foundation
Aurora, IL
$74,970
(18 months)
ID 59654
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$75,000
(18 months)
ID 59650
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
$75,000
(18 months)
ID 59651
Other Program Activities
The Lewin Group, Inc.
Falls Church, VA
Consulting on design phase of Wisdom at Work.
$16,270
(1 month)
ID 57842
Evaluation and technical assistance for Wisdom at Work.
$506,765
(2 years)
ID 58667