Capturing the imagination of nurse executives in tracking the quality of nursing care

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-246

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

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

Author keywords

Hospital quality; National Quality Forum (NQF); Nursing leadership; Nursing sensitive standards; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSENSUS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FORECASTING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54749146426     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAQ.0000325182.94589.7d     Document Type: Article

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