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Exploring Nursing Home Staff's Perceptions Of Communication And Leadership To Facilitate Quality Improvement, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, M. Schenkman, L. Moore, C. Vojir, R. Connoly, M. Pratt, L. Palmer
Exploring Nursing Home Staff's Perceptions Of Communication And Leadership To Facilitate Quality Improvement, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, M. Schenkman, L. Moore, C. Vojir, R. Connoly, M. Pratt, L. Palmer
Jill Scott-Cawiezell
Leadership and clinical staff were surveyed to explore communication and leadership in nursing homes. Registered nurses and other professionals perceived communication as better than their nursing colleagues did. Overall, results suggest all factors of communication could improve. In terms of leadership, licensed practical nurses perceived less clarity of expectations, encouragement of initiative, and support than other groups. The study provides insight into what is organizationally necessary to improve quality of care in nursing homes.
Are Nursing Homes Ready To Create Sustainable Improvement?, Jill Scott-Cawiezell
Are Nursing Homes Ready To Create Sustainable Improvement?, Jill Scott-Cawiezell
Jill Scott-Cawiezell
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Measuring Organizational Attributes Of Primary Care Practices: Development Of A New Instrument, P. Ohman-Strickland, A. Orzano, P. Nutting, W. Perry Dickinson, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, K. Hahn, M. Gibel, B. Crabtree
Measuring Organizational Attributes Of Primary Care Practices: Development Of A New Instrument, P. Ohman-Strickland, A. Orzano, P. Nutting, W. Perry Dickinson, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, K. Hahn, M. Gibel, B. Crabtree
Jill Scott-Cawiezell
OBJECTIVE: To develop an instrument to measure organizational attributes relevant for family practices using the perspectives of clinicians, nurses, and staff. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: Clinicians, nurses, and office staff (n=640) from 51 community family medicine practices. DESIGN: A survey, designed to measure a practices' internal resources for change, for use in family medicine practices was created by a multidisciplinary panel of experts in primary care research and health care organizational performance. This survey was administered in a cross-sectional study to a sample of diverse practices participating in an intervention trial. A factor analysis identified groups of questions relating to latent …
Moving From A Culture Of Blame To A Culture Of Safety In The Nursing Home Setting, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, A. Vogelsmeier, C. Mckenney, M. Rantz, L. Hicks, D. Zellmer
Moving From A Culture Of Blame To A Culture Of Safety In The Nursing Home Setting, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, A. Vogelsmeier, C. Mckenney, M. Rantz, L. Hicks, D. Zellmer
Jill Scott-Cawiezell
TOPIC: A culture of safety. PURPOSE: To explore the current culture of blame and what organizational elements must be impacted to move toward a culture of safety in the nursing home setting. METHODS: A mixed-method approach incorporating a case study and staff member survey results were used to explicate the organizational elements impacting the current nursing home culture. CONCLUSION: Nurse leaders can create an environment in which every member of the team feels a responsibility and an ability to insure that residents are safe by improving communication and participation in decision making.
Nursing Home Safety: A Review Of The Literature, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, A. Vogelsmeier
Nursing Home Safety: A Review Of The Literature, Jill Scott-Cawiezell, A. Vogelsmeier
Jill Scott-Cawiezell
The number of older persons in the United States is rapidly growing and, based on this growth projection, the number of consumers needing nursing home (NH) care will likely triple in the next 10 years. Although NHs have been bombarded and scrutinized about the care that they provide, the concept of safety (specifically, error prevention) remains at the margin of most quality improvement efforts. The purpose of this review is to explore what has recently been written (2000-2005) about the evolution of the NH as an organization focused on safety and the most critical clinical processes that must be closely …