Reliability testing of the national database of nursing quality indicators pressure ulcer indicator

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-265

  Hart, Sara ^a   Bergquist, Sandra ^a   Gajewski, Byron ^a   Dunton, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing quality; Pressure ulcer; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DECUBITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AMERICAN NURSES' ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747151068     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200607000-00011     Document Type: Article

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