Credentialing Research

READI: Readiness Evaluation & Discharge Interventions

ANCC invites Magnet® organizations to submit expressions of interest to participate in a 3-year multisite research study beginning in 2014. This quasi-experimental study will test the implementation of discharge readiness assessment as a standard nursing practice on readmission and emergency department utilization. The study was selected based on a competitive request for proposals.

Study Aims:

• Test the impact of unit-based implementation of discharge readiness assessment on readmission and emergency department use.
• Determine cost-benefit of implementation, comparing cost savings from reduced post-discharge utilization against implementation costs.

Organizations may want to participate if they are:

Acute care hospitals with adult medical-surgical units interested in improving the discharge process; and willing to commit to a 3-year research project, and integrate discharge readiness assessment into standard patient care.

Organizational commitment involves:

• Including 2 hospital units in the study, 1 control and 1 implementation unit.
• Assigning an RN as study coordinator for approximately 0.2 FTE for 24-27 months.
• Training all nurses on the implementation unit in study procedures.

Benefits of Participating:

• Meet Magnet requirements for research
• Potential to reduce patient readmissions
• Quantify value of nurses to organizational outcomes, including cost-benefit
• Participate in a research project of national scope and significance
• Expose staff to the conduct of research and a research network
• Replicate on other hospital units after study completion

Receive at study's completion:

• Your own hospital-specific results
• License for continuing use of study instruments

Researchers

Marquette University and University of Maryland research team 
Marianne Weiss, Principal Investigator

Advisory Panels:

ANCC Research Council 
Participating CNO Advisory Board

Fee to Participate:

$8,000 per year for 3 years