title: RN students: unobtrusive cost-effective change agents.
abstract: A teaching learning project that empowers registered nurse (RN) to bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) senior nursing students to undertake cost containment and quality improvement pilot projects in the institutions where they work enables nursing education and nursing service to collaborate in promoting cost containment and quality improvement. Understanding how this process was implemented in one institution, as well as the outcomes, can help guide the application of this creative teaching strategy.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aroian
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing