Table 1 Search strategy in CINAHL

Population of interest (P)

(MH “Nurses+”) OR (MH “Nursing Care+”) OR (MH “Nursing as a Profession+”) OR (MH “Nursing Role”) OR TX nurs* AND

Issue of interest (I)

(MH “Organizational Development”) OR (MH “Feedback”) OR

TI ( Feedback* OR “feed-back*” ) OR AB ( Feedback* OR “feed-back*” ) OR MW ( Feedback* OR “feed-back*” ) AND

Comparison of interest (C)

N/A

Outcome of interest (O)

(MH “Organizational Efficiency”) OR (MH “Quality of Health Care”) OR (MH “Clinical Governance”) OR (MH “Quality Management, Organizational”) OR (MH “Quality of Nursing Care”) OR (MH “Accountability”) OR (MH “Clinical Effectiveness”) OR (MH “Guideline Adherence”) OR (MH “Outcomes (Health Care)”) OR (MH “Nursing Outcomes”) OR (MH “Outcome Assessment”) OR (MH “Treatment Outcomes”) OR (MH “Quality Assurance”) OR (MH “Quality Assessment”) OR (MH “Quality Improvement”) OR (MH “Clinical Indicators”) OR (MH “Outcome Assessment Information Set”) OR (MH “Joint Commission Core Measures”) OR (MH “Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set”) OR (MH “Nursing Audit”) OR (MH “Peer Review”) OR (MH “Process Assessment (Health Care)”) OR (MH “Root Cause Analysis”) OR (MH “Variance Analysis”) OR (MH “Program Evaluation”) OR (MH “Benchmarking”) OR (MH “Accreditation+”) OR (MH “Organizational Change”) OR (MH “Diffusion of Innovation”) OR (MH “Performance Measurement Systems”) OR TI ( ((Perform* OR quality) N2 (measur* OR manag* OR improv* OR indicator* OR program* OR system* OR assess* OR evaluat* OR care OR health* OR organi?at*)) OR (Outcome? N2 (assess* OR evaluat* OR nurs* OR treatment OR care OR health*)) OR (clinical* N2 (indicator* OR governance OR effective* OR efficien*)) OR (organi?at* N3 (effective* OR efficien* OR change OR innovation)) OR (guideline* N2 adher*) OR “joint commission” OR “JCAHO” OR “Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set” OR “HEDIS” OR audit* OR “peer review*” OR (“process assessment” N2 health*) OR “Root Cause Analysis” OR “Variance Analysis” OR (program* N2 evaluat*) OR (organi?ation* N2 accountabilit*) OR benchmarking ) OR AB ( ((Perform* OR quality) N2 (measur* OR manag* OR improv* OR indicator* OR program* OR system* OR assess* OR evaluat* OR care OR health* OR organi?at*)) OR (Outcome? N2 (assess* OR evaluat* OR nurs* OR treatment OR care OR health*)) OR (clinical* N2 (indicator* OR governance OR effective* OR efficien*)) OR (organi?at* N3 (effective* OR efficien* OR change OR innovation)) OR (guideline* N2 adher*) OR “joint commission” OR “JCAHO” OR “Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set” OR “HEDIS” OR audit* OR “peer review*” OR (“process assessment” N2 health*) OR “Root Cause Analysis” OR “Variance Analysis” OR (program* N2 evaluat*) OR (organi?ation* N2 accountabilit*) OR benchmarking ) OR MW ( ((Perform* OR quality) N2 (measur* OR manag* OR improv* OR indicator* OR program* OR system* OR assess* OR evaluat* OR care OR health* OR organi?at*)) OR (Outcome? N2 (assess* OR evaluat* OR nurs* OR treatment OR care OR health*)) OR (clinical* N2 (indicator* OR governance OR effective* OR efficien*)) OR (organi?at* N3 (effective* OR efficien* OR change OR innovation)) OR (guideline* N2 adher*) OR “joint commission” OR “JCAHO” OR “Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set” OR “HEDIS” OR audit* OR “peer review*” OR (“process assessment” N2 health*) OR “Root Cause Analysis” OR “Variance Analysis” OR (program* N2 evaluat*) OR (organi?ation* N2 accountabilit*) OR benchmarking ) AND

Timeframe

2010–current

Other limiters

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