Profile of Innovative Ideas Recorded by Nurses in an Ideas Bank of a Corporate Virtual Community of Open Innovation: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: Nurses are well-positioned to play an active role in the development of innovation in health care. However, their contribution to health innovation is poorly recognized and often invisible. The aim of this study was to determine the profile of innovative ideas recorded by nurses in the Innòbics ideas bank, a corporate virtual community of open innovation.

[Evaluation of the nurse working environment in health and social care intermediate care units in Catalonia].

Introduction: A favourable work environment contributes to greater job satisfaction and improved working conditions for nurses, a fact that could influence the quality of patient outcomes. The aim of the study is two-fold: Identifying types of centres, according to the working environment assessment made by nurses in intermediate care units, and describing the individual characteristics of nurses related to this assessment.

Methods: An observational, descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional, and multicentre study was conducted in the last quarter of 2014.

Nursing contribution to the achievement of prioritized objectives in primary health care: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Concern for the sustainability of health care systems has forced health authorities and insurance companies to develop performance measurement systems to promote the achievement of health objectives. These actions aim to stimulate quality improvement while controlling costs by making providers accountable for what they do as well as for the quality of the care they provide. However, the extent to which each professional contributes to the achievement of the health objectives is largely unknown.

[Nusing-sensitive indicadors: an opportunity for measuring the nurse contribution].

The measures directed at improving the management and funding of health services that justify the measurement of performance and the purchase of services based on results, have a direct influence on nursing. In this context, concerns about the value and contribution of nursing have been demonstrated worldwide over the last decades. Therefore efforts are being made to ensure that nurses contribute to promote the transformation of health systems.