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Identifying core measures for nursing care performance
Nursing is the largest health care profession, and nurses are the principal caregivers in any health care system. Nursing time is also the single biggest operational expense in any health care delivery system. Consequently, nursing as an organized service and nurses as primary caregivers are critical to the success of any health care system. Recognizing these things, it is clear the absence of standardized nursing care performance measures represents a major void in health care quality assurance.The purpose of this project is to: (1) identify a framework for how to measure nursing care performance; (2) identify a candidate set of nursing care performance measures; (3) endorse a core set of evidence-based performance measures for evaluating the quality of nursing care; and (4) identify and prioritize unresolved issues and research needs. This project will be considered successful if the performance measures are adopted by health care organizations, nursing professional societies, researchers, and other stakeholders.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $200,000.00
Awarded on: 1/29/2003
Time frame: 2/1/2003 - 11/30/2004
Grant Number: 47479
Grantee
National Quality Forum
1030 15th Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC, 20005-1503
202-783-1300
Website
Ellen T. Kurtzman
Project Director
202-994-9439
Email