What's New | January 20, 2010

Nursing Leadership

Nurses need professional opportunities to develop their leadership skills such as serving in various clinical roles and engaging in quality improvement initiatives.

The featured innovations describe leadership roles nurses play across patient care settings.

The featured QualityTools describe practical resources to assist nurses in leadership roles.

Featured Innovations:

• Implementing Clinical Nurse Leader Role Improves Core Measures Performance, Patient and Physician Satisfaction and Reduces Nurse Turnover

• Nurse-Led Home Visits, Group Counseling Reduce Risky Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Improve Family/School Connectedness and Grades Among Sexually Exploited Runaway Girls

• Nurse-Led, Unit-Based Quality Improvement Increases Amount of Time Spent With Patients, Reduces Falls and Nurse Turnover

Featured QualityTools:

• Nurse Manager Inventory Tool
Developed by Nurse Manager Leadership Partnership

• Toolkit for the Implementation of the Clinical Nurse Leader
Developed by American Association of Colleges of Nursing

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Also in This Issue:

Innovations >

• Creation of Unit-Based, Clinically Focused Nurse Leader Position Expedites Discharge, Improves Quality, and Reduces Turnover

• Enhancements to Interpreter Program Lead to Better Productivity for Interpreters, More Depression Screening, and Potential Reduction in Readmissions for Non–English-Speaking Patients

• Hospital-Based Heart Failure Nurse Advocate Reduces Readmissions and Hospital Costs

• Mailed Reminders to Heart Attack Patients Improve Compliance With Beta Blocker Medication Regimen

• Regular Reminders via Text Message Increase Adherence to Medication Regimen, Significantly Reduce Risk of Organ Rejection in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients

QualityTools >

• Health Information Technology for Children Toolbox
Developed by Health Resources and Services Administration