Ready to Drive Change? Your First Step to Mastering Healthcare QI Starts Here.
 
Are you tired of feeling like your great ideas for improving patient care are stuck in a cycle of endless discussion and no action? Do you see daily challenges at the bedside and know there’s a better way, but you lack the formal tools to get your project approved and implemented?
 
Agents of Change: A Nurse's DIY Guide to PDSA Quality Improvement is the solution. This is the practical, hands-on manual for frontline clinicians who are ready to stop being frustrated and start leading real, sustainable change.
 
Why You Need This Book
 
Healthcare clinicians don't need another top-down mandate. You are the true experts. This guide honors your expertise by giving you the exact language, tools, and structure to translate your brilliant clinical insights into a data-driven, actionable plan that executives and stakeholders will champion.
 
The methods in this "DIY" series are already proven. They have helped clinicians like you save health systems millions of dollars by leading measurable reductions in Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs), improving team efficiency and productivity, and lowering costly staff attrition.
 
What's Inside?
 
This guide demystifies Quality Improvement (QI) by breaking down the entire PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycle into simple, actionable steps. It’s a complete toolkit that will walk you through, step-by-step:
PLAN: Crafting a compelling Project Charter that gets your project approved. Using Process Maps and Driver Diagrams to pinpoint exactly what to fix.
DO: Rolling out your "Test of Change" effectively to your team.
STUDY: Measuring your success with simple, powerful Run Charts and Control Charts.
ACT: Making your change stick with Huddle Boards and a real sustainment plan.
 
If you're ready to make a real, sustainable impact and get your ideas out of the breakroom and into practice, this is the essential manual you need on your desk.