title: Innovative nursing care models and culture of health: Early evidence.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is committed to advancing a national movement to create a "culture of health." Nurses are especially well positioned to contribute to the culture of health in their communities.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose was to examine the extent to which nurse-designed care models focus on the culture of health to better understand how nurses may function as exemplars for other providers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative content review of documents describing nurse-designed care models that are designated by the American Academy of Nursing as "Edge Runners."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurse-designed models focus extensively on issues related to a culture of health, making them a potentially useful context for examining how other providers might contribute to a culture of health.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future work should focus on gathering more detailed information about nurses' culture of health efforts. Such information can inform recommendations for health care providers as they contribute to culture of health efforts.
authors.affiliation: RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: martsolf@rand.org.
authors.forename: Grant R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Martsolf
authors.affiliation: RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA; SUNY Binghamton, School of Engineering, Binghamton, NY.
authors.forename: Tamika
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.affiliation: RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Linnea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Warren May
authors.affiliation: Hunter College, Center for Health, Media & Policy, New York, NY; American Academy of Nursing, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.affiliation: American Academy of Nursing, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villarruel
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States
keywords: Culture of health; Nursing