Using a Delphi Method to Identify Human Factors Contributing to Nursing Errors.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify human factors associated with nursing errors.

Design: Using a Delphi technique, this study used feedback from a panel of nurse experts (n = 25) on an initial qualitative survey questionnaire followed by summarizing the results with feedback and confirmation.

Methods: Synthesized factors regarding causes of errors were incorporated into a quantitative Likert-type scale, and the original expert panel participants were queried a second time to validate responses.

Evaluation of a Collaborative Care Model for Hospitalized Patients.

The current lack of collaborative care is contributing to higher mortality rates and longer hospital stays in the United States. A method for improving collaboration among health professionals for patients with congestive heart failure, the Clinical Integration Model (CIM), was implemented. The CIM utilized a process tool called the CareGraph to prioritize care for the interdisciplinary team.

Hospital nurses' perceptions of human factors contributing to nursing errors.

Objective: The aim of this study is to understand the human factors associated with hospital errors to provide a framework to discuss why errors occur.

Background: Patient safety in hospitals has been a major focus in healthcare for the past 15 years. Errors still occur at an alarming rate.

Using a strengths model to build an on-line nursing education program.

The on-line environment is the new frontier for academia struggling to define its place in the evolving economy. A concern is how to engage students who maximize their on-line experience and graduate in a timely manner. A strengths model was used as the basis for development of an on-line doctoral nursing program.

Leading and managing an intergenerational workforce.

Focus group discussions with four generations of staff nurses identified five themes that participants believed must be addressed in order to make the current work environment a desirable place to conduct their careers as nurses. These themes are: transitioning from student to nurse, managing difficult staffing conditions, maintaining morale, dealing with safety matters, and building relationships that enhance teamwork. Manager challenges are discussed in relation to each theme and suggested leadership strategies are offered.

Creating tomorrow's leaders today: the Emerging Nurse Leaders Program of the Texas Nurses Association.

The Texas Nurses Association initiated an Emerging Nurse Leaders Program as an approach to engaging new nurses in the leadership of the professional association. This article explains the program's origin, the commitment of the Texas Nurses Association to this process, the implementation of the plan, and the discussions that launched a new way of connecting leaders across generations. Further, it is an approach that any professional organization can use to encourage the involvement of new leaders.

Retention priorities for the intergenerational nurse workforce.

Topic: Retention of senior, Gen-X, and Millennial nurses is influenced by manager interactions and efforts to create a satisfying work experience.

Purpose: The purpose of this project was a generational assessment of job satisfaction, work environment, and desired characteristics of managers in an effort to improve nurse retention.

Sample And Methods: Data from staff nurses at 22 southern hospitals collected by online survey included measures of job satisfaction and perceptions of safety, the Nurse Manager Desired Traits survey, and the Nursing Work Index-Revised.

What nurses want: the nurse incentives project.

Today's nurse executives are struggling with leadership challenges of managing the multigenerational workforce, financial imperatives to deliver better care for lower costs, and competition to provide the optimal work environment to retain nurses. The purpose of the Nurse Incentives Project was to determine satisfaction with current employment incentives and potential managerial actions which might decrease or delay turnover by registered nurses. This study spawned recommendations regarding the role of incentives in designing an environment where benefits and perks will be seen as incentives to stay and thrive in the current nursing workplace.

Salvation or damnation: deconstructing nursing's aspirations to professional status.

Aim: This paper will deconstruct the rationale(s) for aspiring to professional status in nursing.

Background: It is argued that 'transformative nursing leaders' must transition from operational to strategic aspects, such as considering the question of whether or not nursing should move towards professional status.

Method: This paper examines documented outcomes arising out of professional status and considers whether or not these are contrary to the central tenets of nursing's underpinning philosophy and practice axioms.

Motivating an intergenerational workforce: scenarios for success.

Although much has been written about the challenge of having four generations in the workplace simultaneously, problems of conflict, misunderstanding, and divisiveness continue. This article provides a snapshot of each generation as context. A series of scenarios based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs are then presented with insights into how each generation might approach the situation, along with hints for successfully managing toward positive outcomes.