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Environment Survey (HES), staffing, floating, nurse report, overtime,
position control, rapid response team, sitters, management, compe-
tence, education, lean management, patient safety and relationship-
based care. Countries involved as of January 2008 are the Bahamas,
Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, England, Ireland, Italy, the Philippines,
Serbia, Switzerland, Tanzania, and the United States.
A hierarchical approach is used among the participants to under-
stand how these variables and others persist in multiple settings across
the globe, and how they operate within each country and each partici-
pating facility. This group may find that caring is a moderating factor
of other clinical and organizational results.
The group’s rapid growth and effective dialogue over the last two
years, growing from 4 to over 130 members, has been attributed to
interest in the phenomenon of caring as well as caring for each other.
Members serve each other using their unique talents, whether admin-
istrator, researcher, educator, clinician, or consultant. It is the hope the
rigorous scientific methods with open sharing will support the evolve-
ment of caring as a vital element of healing for not only the patient
but also the care providers and health care environments alike at a
global, national and facility level.
The Caring Factor Survey Scale can be downloaded from Watson’s
Web site: www.uchsc.edu/nursing/caring. To understand more about
this group and the research on caring and the Caring Factor Survey
instrument and other health care measures, contact John Nelson.

John W. Nelson
President, Healthcare Environment
888 West County Road D., Suite 300
New Brighton, MN 55112 USA
Office Phone: 651-633-4505
Mobile Phone: 651-343-2068
Skype Phone: 651-314-4505
Fax: 651-633-6519
jn@hcenvironment.com
www.hcenvironment.com

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