Developing measures of pediatric nursing quality

J Nurs Care Qual. 2006 Jul-Sep;21(3):210-20; quiz 221-2. doi: 10.1097/00001786-200607000-00004.

Abstract

Recent research has highlighted the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes. The link to staffing has also been documented for selected conditions. To date, efforts to establish nurse-sensitive measures have focused largely on adults. This article describes the project undertaken to select and pilot 2 pediatric indicators of nursing quality care to be included in an ongoing national benchmarking program.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • American Nurses' Association
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects
  • Data Collection / methods
  • Data Collection / standards
  • Databases, Factual
  • Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / epidemiology
  • Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / etiology
  • Focus Groups
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous / adverse effects
  • Nursing Evaluation Research / organization & administration*
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care / organization & administration*
  • Pain / diagnosis
  • Pain / prevention & control
  • Pain Measurement / standards
  • Pediatric Nursing / standards*
  • Pilot Projects
  • Quality Indicators, Health Care / standards*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • United States / epidemiology