D-Catch instrument: Development and psychometric testing of a measurement instrument for nursing documentation in hospitals

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1388-1400

  Paans, Wolter ^a,b   Sermeus, Walter ^b   Nieweg, Roos M B ^a   van der Schans, Cees P ^a  

^a HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

D Catch instrument; Hospitals; Instrument development; Nursing documentation; Nursing process evaluation; Psychometric testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77952808327     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05302.x     Document Type: Article

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