Leadership experiences for baccalaureate nursing students: improving quality in a nurse-managed rural health clinic.
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.
Sherrod
Roy Ann
RA
University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing, Tuscaloosa, USA. rsherrod@bama.ua.edu
Morrison
Ruby Shaw
RS
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