Trends in Transparency: Nursing Performance Measurement and Reporting

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 349-354

  Kurtzman, Ellen T ^a   Jennings, Bonnie M ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; CONSENSUS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DISCLOSURE; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49849087770     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: 15390721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000323945.89640.89     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Institute of Medicine. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2001.
2. National Quality Forum (NQF). Tracking NQF-Endorsed Consensus Standards for Nursing-Sensitive Care: A 15-Month Study. Washington, DC: NQF; 2007.
3. Needleman J, Buerhaus P, Mattke S, Stewart M, Zelevinsky K. Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:1715-1722.
4. Tourangeau AE, Doran DM, McGillis Hall L, et al. Impact of hospital nursing care on 30-day mortality for acute medical patients. J Adv Nurs. 2007;57:32-44.
5. Aiken LH, Clarke SP, Sloane DM, Sochalski J, Silber JH. Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction. JAMA. 2002;288(16):1987-1993.
6. Blegen MA, Vaughn TE, Goode CJ. Nurse experience and education: effect on quality of care. J Nurs Adm. 2001;31(1):33-39.
7. Landon BE, Normand SLT, Lessler A, et al. Quality of care for the treatment of acute medical conditions in US hospitals. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:2511-2517.
8. Unruh L. Licensed nurse staffing and adverse events in hospitals. Med Care. 2003;41:142-152.
9. Needleman J, Kurtzman ET, Kizer KW. Performance measurement of nursing care: state of the science and the current consensus. Med Care Res Rev. 2007;64(2 suppl):10S-43S.
10. National Quality Forum (NQF). National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Nursing-Sensitive Care: An Initial Performance Measure Set. Washington, DC: NQF; 2004. Accessed April 20, 2007.
11. Brown DS, Donaldson N, Aydin CE, Carlson N. Hospital nursing benchmarks: the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition project. J Healthc Qual. 2001;23(4):22-27.
12. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) HHS. Medicare program; proposed changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment systems and fiscal year 2009 rates. Accessed April 21, 2008.
13. Kurtzman ET, Jennings BM. Capturing the imagination of nurse executives in tracking the quality of nursing care. Nursing Adm Q. 2008;32(3):235-246.
14. The Joint Commission. Externally funded research projects, Division of Quality Measurement and Research. Accessed April 21, 2008.
15. The George Washington University, Department of Nursing Education. Nursing engagement in performance measurement and public reporting: study brief. July 2007. Accessed April 20, 2008.