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Open Innovation Nursing Lab

Abstract
What makes this project unique?

OPINION Lab, which stands for OPen INnovatIOn Nursing Lab, is a collaboration between scientists and nursing home practice, in which researchers are actively involved in nursing home practice. One main strength of the OPINION Lab is that nursing scientists, nursing staff members, nursing home managers, residents and their relatives work together as equal partners. Furthermore, the OPINION Lab addresses practice-oriented care needs and incorporates practice knowledge on and from the individual residents (wishes, needs, preferences) as well as regarding nursing care routines and evidence based knowledge in order to ensure best nursing care. Thereby the project can maximize knowledge creation, increase its transfer potential and develop a holistic, resident-centered approach.

How will the public benefit from your project/findings?

By improving the quality of nursing home care through evidence based practice, residents’ outcomes – especially their quality of life – will increase. The implementation of effective interventions will help to reduce unnecessary expenditure and thus reduce costs. Furthermore, the project can help to improve the image of nursing homes in terms of workplaces, with the aim to establish the nursing home as an attractive work environment. This can contribute to decreasing staff shortages in nursing homes and, in turn, to reducing the workload of nursing home staff. Moreover, within our OPINION Lab, research methods can be developed further by incorporating the ideas of nursing staff members, nursing home managers, residents and their relatives.
Keywords
Nursing practice
Nursing Science
Pflegeheim
Pflegepersonal
Project Leader:
Hödl Manuela
Duration:
01.06.2022-31.05.2027
Programme:
Connection Minds
Type of Research
basic research
Staff
Hödl, Manuela, Project Leader
Spahic, Fatima, Co-worker
Strobl, Wolfgang, Co-worker
Eglseer, Doris, Co-worker
Schoberer, Daniela, Co-worker
Pichler, Eva Maria Lissa, Co-worker
MUG Research Units
Institute of Nursing Science
Funded by
FWF, Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Wien, Austria

Project results published
> Developing an Open Innovation Nursing Home Living ... J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023; 24(11):1632-1633
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