title: Leadership experiences for baccalaureate nursing students: improving quality in a nurse-managed rural health clinic.
abstract: Nurse educators need practical, effective methods to help nursing students understand the importance of quality improvement activities and their relationship to the financial viability of organizations. This article describes a project designed to provide students with an opportunity to apply quality improvement principles in a rural, nurse-managed clinic with the ultimate goal of improving potential reimbursement for services through improved documentation. Implications for students, nurse educators, and rural clinics are provided.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing, Tuscaloosa, USA. rsherrod@bama.ua.edu
authors.forename: Roy Ann
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sherrod
authors.forename: Ruby Shaw
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D006278:Medicare; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000458:organization & administration; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States