title: A Measure of Lean Quality Improvement for Hospital Staff Nurses.
abstract: In this study, a measure of Lean management was developed and tested. Items were identified using the Delphi technique with literature review and expert responses. Twenty-five nurses pilot-tested the instrument and then 212 nurses in 5 hospitals completed the instrument, and their responses were subjected to exploratory factor analysis. The 75-item instrument includes 12 factors describing Lean management conceptualization. Reliability and validity are acceptable for a new instrument.
authors.affiliation: Department of Performance Improvement, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill (Dr Roszell); and Nursing Health Care Systems, University of North Carolina School of Nursing, Chapel Hill (Dr Lynn).
authors.forename: Sheila Serr
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Roszell
authors.forename: Mary R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lynn
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009726:Nurses / Q000592:standards; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D000078329:Workforce