title: Strengthening hospital nursing. How to use problem-solving teams effectively.
abstract: Critical to the success of any nursing organization is productivity and healthcare service enhancement. The author discusses one hospital's use of a team-based, problem-solving procedure, which was effectively applied by a team of middle managers from nursing and the laboratory to address the problem of the timely recording of laboratory results onto patient charts. The problem-solving team was able to save the hospital more than $23,000 in labor and materials by following the procedure detailed in the article.
authors.affiliation: College of Business and Public Administration, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Dailey
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D008499:Medical Records; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011340:Problem Solving; D011787:Quality of Health Care