Table 2 Improvement goals of healthcare professionals’ quality improvement initiatives (N = 28)

1. Reduction of medication administration errors

2. Improving early detection of deterioration amongst children

3. Improving resuscitation and non-technical team skills of nurses

4. Improving professional skills of nurses in using echography

5. Improving the use of the intra-hospital checklist by transporting patients

6. Improving the employability and well-being of healthcare professionals

7. Improving the use of the ‘Utrecht Symptoom Dagboek’ (Utrecht Symptoms Diary)

8. Improving hand hygiene compliance

9. Improving the amount of information patients remember during consultation

10. Improving the collection of patient experiences

11. Reduction of (extreme) pain of children below the age of 10

12. Improving shared decision making between parents and healthcare professionals

13. Improving patient transfer from intensive care

14. Reduction of the amount of unplanned readmissions

15. Reduction of acetylcysteine and/or salbutamol without a strict clinical indication

16. Improving shared decision making

17. Improving sleep quality on intensive care

18. Improving the medical handover in complex cases

19. Improving safety of preoperative agreements

20. Reduction of deep postoperative wound infections

21. Improving system awareness, communication skills, empathy and professional identity

22. Improving patient satisfaction by substitution of care to outreach clinics

23. Improving patient identification and verification procedure

24. Reduction of intravenous medication errors

25. Improving the performance of STOP moments during the perioperative process

26. Improving wound care after hand operations

27. Improving nurses as role model in evidence based practice

28. Reduction of complications in admitted older patients