Open AccessSafe and Reliable Care
Author(s) -
Amanda L. Stefancyk
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the american journal of nursing/american journal of nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.23
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1538-7488
pISSN - 0002-936X
DOI - 10.1097/01.naj.0000357177.68581.fd
Subject(s) - medical unit , teamwork , health care , psychology , nursing , general hospital , unit (ring theory) , medicine , family medicine , management , political science , mathematics education , law , economics
This is the 11th in a series of articles from Massachusetts General Hospital describing one general medical unit's experiences with Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB). An initiative begun by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, TCAB was developed to improve care on medical-surgical units, patients' and family members' experience of care, and teamwork among care team members and to increase nurse satisfaction and retention. The TCAB philosophy empowers bedside nurses to generate ideas and solutions for change. Mass General is one of 68 hospitals participating in a two-year TCAB initiative led by the American Organization of Nurse Executives and funded with a grant from the RWJF. For more information on TCAB, go to www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=31512.