1. Trends in Nursing Care Efficiency From 2007 to 2011 on Acute Nursing Units.
- Author
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Yankovsky, Ana, Gajewski, Byron J., and Dunton, Nancy
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NURSING audit , *PRESSURE ulcers , *CONCEPTUAL structures , *STATISTICAL correlation , *DATABASES , *ACCIDENTAL falls , *HOSPITAL wards , *HOSPITALS , *WORKING hours , *INTENSIVE care nursing , *LABOR productivity , *MATHEMATICAL models , *RESEARCH methodology , *EVALUATION of medical care , *MEDICAL quality control , *NURSES , *NURSING , *NURSING specialties , *PRACTICAL nurses , *QUALITY assurance , *STATISTICAL sampling , *T-test (Statistics) , *TIME , *THEORY , *CONTINUING education units , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *UNLICENSED medical personnel - Abstract
The article presents a study on trends in nursing care efficiency in acute care nursing units in the U.S. Topics discussed include adaptation of the Donabedian quality improvement model, definition of efficiency in the health care system and use of the data envelopment analysis to estimate efficiency. It discusses findings on changes in efficiency between Magnet and non-Magnet hospital units, teaching status and nurse staffing skills.
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- 2016