From toyota to the bedside: Nurses can lead the lean way in health care reform

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 234-242

  Johnson, Joyce E ^a,b   Smith, Amy L ^a   Mastro, Kari A ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lean practices; Lean principles; nurse directed Lean initiatives; productivity; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862299992     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAQ.0b013e318258c3d5     Document Type: Review

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