Characteristics of Quality Improvement Champions in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review With Implications for Evidence-Based Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improving care quality while reducing cost has always been a focus of nursing homes. Certified nursing assistants comprise the largest proportion of the workforce in nursing homes and have the potential to contribute to the quality of care provided. Quality improvement (QI) initiatives using certified nursing assistants as champions have the potential to improve job satisfaction, which has been associated with care quality.

Aims

To identify the role, use and preparation of champions in a nursing home setting as a way of informing future QI strategies in nursing homes.

Methods

A systematic literature review. Medical Subject Headings and text words for "quality improvement" were combined with those for "champion*" to search Medline, CINAHL, Joanna Briggs Inst

SUBMITTER: Woo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5720908 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature