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Keeping patients safe in healthcare organizations: A structuration theory of safety culture (with Patricia Groves and R. J. Meisenbach), Journal of Advanced Nursing (2011)
groves p.s., meisenbach r.j. & scott-cawiezell j. (2011) Keeping patients safe in healthcare organizations: a...
Achieving quality improvement in the nursing home: Influence of nursing leadership on communication and teamwork (with A. Vogelsmeier), Journal of Nursing Care Quality (2011)
Leadership, communication, and teamwork are essential elements of organizational capacity and are linked to organizational...
The use of bedside electronic medical record to improve quality of care in nursing facilities: A qualitative analysis (with M. J. Rantz, G. Alexander, C. Galambos, M. K. Flesner, A. Vogelsmeier, L. Hicks, M. Zwygart-Stauffacher, and L. Greenwald), Computers, Informatics, Nursing (2011)
It appears that the implementation and use of a bedside electronic medical record in nursing...
Guiding inpatient quality improvement: A systematic review of lean and six sigma (with J. M. Glasgow and P. J. Kaboli), Joint Commission Journal on Quality & Patient Safety (2010)
Background: Two popular quality improvement (QI) approaches in health care are Lean and Six Sigma....
Influencing leadership perceptions of patient safety through just culture training (with A. Vogelsmeier, B. Miller, and S. Griffith), Journal of Nursing Care Quality (2010)
There are differences in perceptions of safety culture between healthcare leaders and staff. Evidence suggests...
Cost, staffing and quality impact of bedside electronic medical record (EMR) in nursing homes (with M. J. Rantz, L. Hicks, G. F. Petroski, R. W. Madsen, G. Alexander, C. Galambos, V. Conn, M. Zwygart-Stauffacher, and L. Greenwald), Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (2010)
OBJECTIVE: There is growing political pressure for nursing homes to implement the electronic medical record...
Developing a statewide medication technician pilot program in nursing homes (with P. K. Randolph), Journal of Gerontological Nursing (2010)
In times of fiscal constraints, nursing homes are seeking to maximize use of licensed staff...
Detection of patient risk by nurses: A theoretical framework (with L. A. Despins and J. N. Rouder), Journal of Advanced Nursing (2010)
AIM: This paper is a description of a theoretical framework of how nurses detect and...
The role of nursing leadership in successful technology implementation (with A. Vogelsmeier), The Journal of Nursing Administration (2009)
Medication safety teams' guided implementation of electronic medication administration records in five nursing homes (with R. W. Madsen, G. A. Pepper, A. Vogelsmeier, G. Petroski, and D. Zellmer), Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety (2009)
BACKGROUND: The 1.6 million nursing home residents in the United States are at high risk...
Technology implementation and workarounds in the nursing home (with A. A. Vogelsmeier and J. R. Halbesleben), Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2008)
OBJECTIVE: This study sought to explore the relationship of workarounds related to the implementation of...
A just culture: The role of nursing leadership (with A. Vogelsmeier), Journal of Nursing Care Quality (2007)
Measuring organizational attributes of primary care practices: Development of a new instrument (with P. A. Ohman-Strickland, A. John Orzano, P. A. Nutting, W. Perry Dickinson, K. Hahn, M. Gibel, and B. F. Crabtree), Health Services Research (2007)
OBJECTIVE: To develop an instrument to measure organizational attributes relevant for family practices using the...
Barriers to safe medication administration in the nursing home--Exploring staff perceptions and concerns about the medication use process (with A. Vogelsmeier and D. Zellmer), Journal of Gerontological Nursing (2007)
The purpose of this study was to explore staff perceptions and concerns about the medication...
Technology innovations. Barriers to safe medication administration in the nursing home: exploring staff perceptions and concerns about the medication use process (with A. Vogelsmeier and D. Zellmer), Journal of Gerontological Nursing (2007)
The purpose of this study was to explore staff perceptions and concerns about the medication...
Nursing home error and level of staff credentials (with G. A. Pepper, R. W. Madsen, G. Petroski, A. Vogelsmeier, and D. Zellmer), Clinical Nursing Research (2007)
Providing safe nursing home care is both a clinical and fiscal challenge in many countries....
An exploration of nursing home organizational processes (with S. Forbes-Thompson, B. Gajewski, and N. Dunton), Western Journal of Nursing Research (2006)
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between nursing home staffs' perceptions...
Entrepreneurial program of research and service to improve nursing home care (with M. J. Rantz, D. R. Mehr, L. Hicks, G. F. Petroski, R. W. Madsen, R. Porter, and M. Zwygart-Stauffacher), Western Journal of Nursing Research (2006)
This is a methodological article intended to demonstrate the integration of multiple goals, multiple projects...
Moving from a culture of blame to a culture of safety in the nursing home setting (with A. Vogelsmeier, C. McKenney, M. Rantz, L. Hicks, and D. Zellmer), Nursing Forum (2006)
TOPIC: A culture of safety. PURPOSE: To explore the current culture of blame and what...
Medication error reporting in LTC (with A. Vogelsmeier), Long-Term Care Interface (2006)
In settings where patients are susceptible to adverse drug reactions, management of medication errors is...
Are attributes of organizational performance in large health care organizations relevant in primary care practices? (with A. J. Orzano, A. F. Tallia, P. A. Nutting, and B. F. Crabtree), Health Care Management Review (2006)
Are organizational attributes associated with better health outcomes in large health care organizations applicable to...
Nursing home safety: A review of the literature (with A. Vogelsmeier), Annual Review of Nursing Research (2006)
The number of older persons in the United States is rapidly growing and, based on...
Measuring pain intensity in nursing home residents (with K. R. Jones, R. Fink, E. Hutt, C. Vojir, G. A. Pepper, and B. K. Mellis), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2005)
Assessing pain intensity in nursing home residents remains a challenge. As part of a multifaceted...
Linking nursing home working conditions to organizational performance (with D. S. Main, C. P. Vojir, K. Jones, L. Moore, P. A. Nutting, J. S. Kutner, and K. Pennington), Health Care Management Review (2005)
Exploring selected working conditions and performance in nursing homes suggests that high and low performers...
Nursing home culture: A critical component in sustained improvement (with K. Jones, L. Moore, and C. Vojir), Journal of Nursing Care Quality (2005)
In the third in a series of articles exploring working conditions and quality improvement in...
Preparation of nurse leaders in the 21st century workplace (with M. K. Flesner and M. Rantz), Nurse Leader (2005)
Are nursing homes ready to create sustainable improvement?, Journal of Nursing Care Quality (2005)
Organizational climate of staff working conditions and safety-An integrative model (with P. W. Stone, M. I. Harrison, P. Feldman, M. Linzer, T. Peng, D. Roblin, N. Warren, and E. S. Williams), Advances in patient safety: From research to implementation (2005)
Objectives: This project sought to compare measures of organizational climate in ongoing patient safety studies,...
Quality improvement in long-term care. Are nursing homes ready to create sustainable improvement?, Journal of Nursing Care Quality (2005)
Exploring nursing home staff's perceptions of communication and leadership to facilitate quality improvement (with M. Schenkman, L. Moore, C. Vojir, R. P. Connoly, M. Pratt, and L. Palmer), Journal of Nursing Care Quality (2004)
Leadership and clinical staff were surveyed to explore communication and leadership in nursing homes. Registered...