Nursing sensitive outcomes : state of the science / editor, Diane Doran ; authors, Joan Almost ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doran, Diane.

Almost, Joan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Standards.

Nursing.

Nursing--Quality control.

Outcome assessment (Medical care).

Nursing Care--standards.

Treatment Outcome.

Medical Subjects:

Nursing Care--standards.

Treatment Outcome.

Physical Description:

xiii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Pub., [2003]

Summary:

Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes: State of the Science is a valuable resource for nurse researchers, scholars, and health care professionals committed to providing effective, high-quality nursing care. The contributors provide a critical review and analysis of the expanding literature on outcomes considered to be indicators of nursing care effectiveness. These indicators include: symptom management, functional status, pain control, patient safety, and patient satisfaction. An overview of the methods and tools used to measure the outcome concepts, and a review of their reliability, validity, and sensitivity to nursing structure and process variables is also presented. This book will interest students from undergraduates to doctoral candidates who are concerned with the state of the science for nursing-sensitive outcomes and their measurement. Researchers will value the comprehensive synthesis of literature this book offers' and the direction it provides for the selection of outcome variables and approaches to measurement. Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes is an excellent resource for health care professionals who are building clinical databases for quality monitoring and improvement.

Contents:

1 Patient Outcomes as an Accountability / Dorothy Pringle, Diane Doran 1

2 Functional Status / Diane Doran 27

3 Self-Care / Souraya Sidani 65

4 Symptom Management / Souraya Sidani 115

5 Pain as a Symptom Outcome / Judy Watt-Watson 177

6 Patient Safety Outcomes / Peggy White, Linda McGillis Hall 211

7 Patient Satisfaction as a Nurse-Sensitive Outcome / Heather K. Spence Laschinger, Joan Almost 243

8 Nursing Outcome: Nurses' Job Satisfaction / Linda McGillis Hall 283

9 Nursing Minimum Data Sets / Claire Mallette 319.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0763722871

OCLC:

51172185