Operationalising a modified Delphi study to progress quality care process nursing metrics for acute care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite representing the largest occupational group within the healthcare workforce, evidence suggests that due to the complexity of nursing practice, nurses' contribution remains 'invisible'. Quality Care Metrics aligned to standards can offer valuable numerical information that quantify input, output and dimensions of nursing care processes in complex clinical and interprofessional milieus.

Aims and objectives

Progress an evidence-based metric system to measure the quality and clinical safety of nursing care within acute care in Ireland. The objectives were to: classify quality care process nursing metrics and corresponding indicators pertinent to acute care; reach agreement on a selected set of robust metrics and corresponding indicators; and implement the find

SUBMITTER: O'Connor L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9669935 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature