Here are the 15 Nursing-Sensitive Performance Measures endorsed by the Washington, DC-based National Quality Forum.
Performance Measures
May 1, 2004 less than 1 minute read
Performance Measures
Here are the 15 Nursing-Sensitive Performance Measures endorsed by the Washington, DC-based National Quality Forum:
- death among surgical inpatients with treatable serious complications (failure to rescue);
- pressure ulcer prevalence;
- falls prevalence;
- falls with injury;
- restraint prevalence;
- urinary catheter-associated urinary tract infection for intensive care unit (ICU) patients;
- ventilator-associated pneumonia for ICU and high-risk nursery patients;
- smoking cessation counseling for acute myocardial infarction;
- smoking cessation counseling for heart failure;
- smoking cessation counseling for pneumonia;
- skill mix;
- nursing care hours per patient day;
- practice environment scale — Nursing Work Index (composite + five subscales);
- voluntary turnover.
Here are the 15 Nursing-Sensitive Performance Measures endorsed by the Washington, DC-based National Quality Forum.
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