A Typology of Innovations in Nursing

Abstract

OBJECTIVE The purposes of this project were to identify innovations conceived from nurse faculty at a college of nursing and nurses in an academic medical center, examine their characteristics, and create a typology of nursing innovations. BACKGROUND Innovation is a crucial component for progress in healthcare. Jobs to Be Done Theory suggests that to make progress in nursing, workers must be solution focused to answer problems. METHODS This qualitative study used directed content analysis to evaluate survey responses of nurses in 1 university's academic and practice setting about solutions or innovations to achieve progress in their jobs. RESULTS Fifty-seven examples of situations needing an innovative solution were coded and categorized by challenges to yield an 8 characteristic typology in nursing innovation. CONCLUSIONS These findings serve as a guide for nurse executives to understand and leverage how innovations are conceptualized and translated in academia and practice.

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“…Innovations identified in this study bear some similarities and differences to the eight types of innovations identified by 24 academic nursing faculty and staff and 33 nurses in an academic health center (Joseph et al, 2019). The innovations presented in the report were to "create care delivery models, transform processes to improve care, develop patient care interventions, advance research and translational methods, facilitate communication and collaborations, harness technology and data, enable role transitions, and develop teaching methods."…”

Percepções atribuídas por enfermeiros sobre a relação entre a inovação e a enfermagem

“…Os enfermeiros são desafiados a construírem uma cultura inovadora capaz de melhorar a entrega do cuidado, no entanto, ainda são observadas lacunas significativas nas competências de inovação por parte dos enfermeiros e por isso treinamentos sobre o tema já que pouco se sabe sobre da aplicação prática da inovação no contexto da prático e educacional (Joseph, Huber & Bair, 2019).…”

“…É por meio da inovação que os enfermeiros poderão contribuir com a organização no desempenho eficaz do trabalho e criar melhorias sustentáveis (Joseph, Huber, Bair, 2019). A American Organization of Nurse Executives (2020) destaca que as instituições de saúde precisam funcionar de forma inovadora e, para isso, é preciso estimular os profissionais, apoiando de forma contínua o aprendizado, estimulando o pensamento crítico e o trabalho em equipe.…”

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“…3 In Nursing, innovations create improvements in quality, cost-effectiveness or efficiency. 4 In this regard, it is noteworthy that the area has evolved in the constitution of knowledge networks for the construction of products derived from its praxis and with this has been achieving a significant impact on the quality of care and improvement of the population's health. Such investment is aimed at increasing innovation in healthcare, adapting to the needs of users as a whole, and in solving structural and global problems of humanity.…”

“…2,[5][6][7] A typology of innovations in Nursing encompasses eight types, according to the expected impacts and the application contexts: 1) creating models of care provision -or treatment; 2) transforming processes to improve care provision -or treatment; 3) developing patient care interventions; 4) advanced research and translation methods; 5) facilitating communication and collaborations; 6) taking advantage of technology and data; 7) enabling function transitions; and 8) developing the teaching of methods. 4 Considering the amplitude of Nursing work scenarios in Brazil, it is believed that technologies should be developed for specific contexts and demands, based on the knowledge of real work experiences. An important election focuses on the qualification of Nursing work in the Family Health Strategy (FHS), due to the important space that the role of Nurses occupies in it.…”