title: Teaching quality improvement to the next generation of nurses: what nurse managers can do to help.
abstract: Engaging staff in performance improvement and patient safety initiatives is no easy task. It is not just time that is involved but there is also a definite repertoire of knowledge, skills, and attitudes required. This article describes a win-win venture that assists healthcare agencies in improving current quality improvement activities while actively teaching and vetting students in the process. Nursing students enter the workforce with an appreciation and working knowledge of quality improvement, and agencies gain assistance with their programs and outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA. eodell@uark.edu
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Odell
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D061214:Patient Safety; D058996:Quality Improvement; D014481:United States