The Role of Nurses in Hospital Quality Improvement
HSC
Research Brief No. 3
March 2008
Debra A. Draper, Laurie E. Felland, Allison Liebhaber, Lori Melichar
As the nation’s hospitals face increasing demands to participate in
a wide range of quality improvement activities, the role and influence
of nurses in these efforts is also increasing, according to a new study
by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). Hospital
organizational cultures set the stage for quality improvement and
nurses’ roles in those activities. Hospitals with supportive
leadership, a philosophy of quality as everyone’s responsibility,
individual accountability, physician and nurse champions, and effective
feedback reportedly offer greater promise for successful staff
engagement in improvement activities.
Visit the HSC website and read the report.