Care planning integrity in nursing facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although there is some evidence of improved quality in nursing home care after the implementation of the 1987 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act regulations, the nursing processes that contribute to that improvement are not well understood. Assumptions that the mandated tools for resident assessment and care planning account for the change remain uninvestigated.

Objectives

To generate an empirically supported conceptual model of care planning integrity, incorporating five subconstructs: coordination, integration, interdisciplinary team, restorative perspective, and quality.

Methods

A correlational, model generation-model selection design guided the study. Using a random sample of 107 facilities, the research team combined primary data collected from care pla

SUBMITTER: Taunton RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3653618 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature