INQRI Research Team the First Commissioned by ANCC

An INQRI team from University of Maryland School of Nursing and Johns Hopkins University is the first to lead a study commissioned by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The team includes Robin Newhouse, PhD, RN, Laura Morlock, PhD, Cheryl Dennison, PhD, RN, Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, Kevin Frick, PhD, Yulan Liang, PhD, Meg Johantgen, PhD, RN and Sue Thomas, PhD, RN.

In their INQRI study, this interdisciplinary research team evaluated the effects of a rural hospital collaborative established to facilitate translation of evidence on heart failure (HF) patient care. Specifically, the team examined nursing characteristics that are associated with improvements in HF patient care.  The ANCC study will extend research conducted through their INQRI study in a sample of 46 Magnet® recognized healthcare organizations.

The two-year grant will enable Newhouse to test nursing interventions with a direct effect on improved heart failure patient outcomes. The team will evaluate the effect of standardized education on heart failure patient care (knowledge, self care and readmissions), identify hospital and nursing characteristics that are associated with improvements in HF patient care and evaluate the cost effectiveness of nursing interventions to improve HF patient care.