Nurse Sensitive Outcome Measures
General Resources:
Some additional articles:
- Burnes Bolton, Linda, Aydin, Carolyn E., Donaldson, Nancy, et.al. ( 2007, November). Mandated Nurse Staffing Ratios in California: A Comparison of Staffing and Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes Pre- and Postregulation. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice. 8 (4), 238-250.
- Aydin, Carolyn E., Burnes Bolton, Linda, Donaldson, Nancy, et.al. (2004). Creating and Analyzing a Statewide Nursing Quality Measurement Database. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 36 (4), 371-378.
- Donaldson, Nancy, Burnes Bolton, Linda, Brown, Diane Storer, et.al. (April 2005). Leveraging Nurse-related Dashboard Benchmarks to Expedite Performance Improvement and Document Excellence. Journal of Nursing Administration. 35 (4), 163-172.
- Donaldson, Nancy, Burnes Bolton, Linda, Aydin, Carolyn, et.al. (August 2005). Impact of California’s Licensed Nurse-Patient Ratios on Unit-Level Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice. 6 (3), 198-201.
Falls prevention:
- Morse, JM (2002) Enhancing the safety of hospitalization by reducing patient falls. American Journal of Infection Control. 30 (6), 376-380.
- Morse, JM. (1997). Preventing Patient Falls. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage.
- Minnesota Hospital Association. (March 2008). Patient Safety: Call to Action. Road Map to a Comprehensive Falls Prevention Program. 5 (1).
Patient satisfaction:
- Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS): www.hcahpsonline.org
- Burnes Bolton, L., Adin, D.E., Donaldson, N. et.al. (2003). Nurse Staffing and Patient Perceptions of Nursing Care. Journal of Nursing Administration. 33 (11), 607-614
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