title: Early-career registered nurses' participation in hospital quality improvement activities.
abstract: We surveyed 2 cohorts of early-career registered nurses from 15 states in the US, 2 years apart, to compare their reported participation in hospital quality improvement (QI) activities. We anticipated differences between the 2 cohorts because of the growth of several initiatives for engaging nurses in QI. There were no differences between the 2 cohorts across 14 measured activities, except for their reported use of appropriate strategies to improve hand-washing compliance to reduce nosocomial infection rates.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, New York University, New York 10003, USA. md1359@nyu.edu
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Djukic
authors.forename: Christine T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Kovner
authors.forename: Carol S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Brewer
authors.forename: Farida K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Fatehi
authors.forename: Ilya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States