Nurses' Contributions to Delivering Care Efficiently

A new piece in Advance for Nurses discusses ways nurses are improving workflow efficiency in a magnet hospital setting.  INQRI researchers have also turned their attention to the question of how nurses can provide care efficiently.

In fact, our fourth call for proposals built on the question of efficiency and delivering care cost-effectively by examining the value of nursing in achieving efficient, high quality patient care. INQRI sought proposals that would investigate the value of nurses in generating and leading innovations, preventing medical errors and other complications, and community-based quality improvement efforts.

Among the five grantees selected for funding in 2009 were teams that:

• examined nursing’s contributions to quality palliative care;
• evaluated a counseling intervention to promote successful pain self-management in patients after spine surgery;
• examined the value of a computer-based nurse communication training and materials program  on intensive care unit patient care outcomes;
• initiated an interdisciplinary team approach to reducing pressure ulcers; and 
• conducted an intervention with visiting nurses to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes in at-risk adults.

More Videos From The INQRI 2012 National Conference

We are pleased to share with all of you the final three recordings from our National Conference, which convened in Washington, DC at the end of April. Below you will see a video from Dr. Susan Hassmiller discussing the role of INQRI in the development and implementation of the Future of Nursing and the Campaign for Action. The two videos following Dr. Hassmiller's comments are panel discussions on "Dissemination & Implementation" and "The Business Case for Changes Nursing". Feel free to share these videos and comment on them either on the blog or their respective Youtube pages.

INQRI and the Future of Nursing



In this session from the 2012 INQRI national conference, RWJF's advisor for nursing, Susan Hassmiller shares her thoughts about INQRI's role in the Future of Nursing and the Campaign for Action.


INQRI Panel: Dissemination and Implementation - INQRI's Potential Impact 




Presented by INQRI grantees: Marita Titler, Deleise Wilson, Barbara Resnick and Leah Shever. Moderated by Polly Pittman. At INQRI's national conference (April 26-27, 2012), a select group of INQRI grantees used their findings as the basis for discussions about the relationship between their research and trends in interdisciplinary collaboration, methodology and implementation science, quality measurement, dissemination and implementation, and the business case for nursing.

INQRI Panel: The Business Case for Changes in Nursing To Improve Quality and Value



Presented by INQRI grantees: Olga Yakusheva, Doug Wholey and Kevin Frick. Moderated by INQRI Co-Director Mark Pauly. At INQRI's national conference (April 26-27, 2012), a select group of INQRI grantees used their findings as the basis for discussions about the relationship between their research and trends in interdisciplinary collaboration, methodology and implementation science, quality measurement, dissemination and implementation, and the business case for nursing.