Creating and analyzing a statewide nursing quality measurement database

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-378

  Aydin, Carolyn E ^a,h   Bolton, Linda Burnes ^a,b   Donaldson, Nancy ^c,d   Brown, Diane Storer ^e,f   Buffum, Martha ^c,g   Elashoff, Janet D ^a   Sandhu, Meenu ^a  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Gamma Tau   (United States)

^c Alpha Eta   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Alpha Eta and Nu Xi at Large   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^g SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Data collection methods; Nursing workload; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

DECUBITUS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BENCHMARKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13744252978     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2004.04066.x     Document Type: Article

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