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Evaluation of health care quality in advanced practice nursing / Joanne V. Hickey, Christine A. Brosnan.
Holman Biotech Commons RT85.5 .H53 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hickey, Joanne V.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursing audit.
- Medical care--Evaluation.
- Medical care.
- Nurse Clinicians.
- Nursing Audit.
- Evaluation Studies as Topic.
- Program Evaluation.
- Quality of Health Care.
- Medical Subjects:
- Nurse Clinicians.
- Nursing Audit.
- Evaluation Studies as Topic.
- Program Evaluation.
- Quality of Health Care.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., [2012]
- Summary:
- High-level evaluation skills that reflect national standards and benchmarks are becoming increasingly important in our changing health care climate. This textbook lays the foundation for APNs to achieve the highest possible competency in conducting systematic and in-depth evaluations of all aspects of health care. Comprehensive in scope, it distills current best practice information from numerous sources to create a thorough and reliable resource for APN and DNP graduates.
- The text addresses both the theoretical basis of evaluation and its application as an integral part of contemporary practice. It provides an overview of evaluation science and critically examines the characteristics, sources, and quality of the nature of evidence. Several frameworks provide tire reader with different evaluation models, including those of economic evaluation. The text covers the evaluation of organizations, systems, and standards for practice, including information systems, and patient care, technology, the redesign of health care in accordance with patient-family centered models, and the challenges of the current trend toward electronic medical records. Also addressed is the evaluation of populations and health care teams, including characteristics, risk factors, and determinants, with emphasis on interdisciplinary collaborative health teams. Translating outcomes from evaluation into health care policy and related opportunities for advocacy and leadership among APNs is covered.
- Key Features:
- Delivers coverage of evaluation of patient, population, systems, health team, and health care information systems, technology outcomes
- Presents evidence-based best practices that focus on application
- Uses case studies to illustrate application of evaluation in .each practice area
- Stresses the importance of clear terminology in evaluation and provides key definitions of relevant terms Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Underpinnings of evaluation
- Evaluation in advanced practice nursing
- Nature of evidence as a basis for evaluation
- Conceptual models for evaluation in advanced nursing practice
- Economic evaluation
- Evaluation of organizations, systems, and standards for practice
- Evaluating organizations and systems
- Evaluating health care information systems and patients care technology
- Evaluation of patient care standards, guidelines, and protocols
- Evaluation of populations and health care teams
- Evaluating populations and population health
- Evaluating health care teams
- Evaluation of health policy and the future of health care
- Translating outcomes from evaluations to health policies
- Future trends and challenges in evaluation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826107664
- 0826107664
- 9780826107671
- 0826107672
- OCLC:
- 747528703
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