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1. Acquiring, deploying and maintaining nursing resources
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|
Economic sustainability
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Cost of resources
|
9
|
-
|
5
|
|
Use of hospital beds*
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
New emergency consultations*
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Use of healthcare services*
|
1
|
‑
|
-
|
|
Cost per case-mix or patient-day
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
2. Transforming nursing resources into relevant nursing services
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|
Nursing processes
| |
|
Problem and symptom management
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
|
Patient centrality in the nursing care delivery process
| | | |
|
Continuity (reactivity, timeliness, coordination)
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Patient/family involvement (self-care/information/education)
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Professional satisfaction
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
|
3. Producing changes in patients’ conditions
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|
Risk outcomes and safety
| |
|
Medication management: errors and complications
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
|
Pulmonary infections
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Pressure ulcers/skin integrity
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Urinary complications
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Bowel complications*
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Intravenous infections
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
|
Patient comfort and quality of life related to care
| |
|
Symptom management (e.g., pain, nausea, dyspnea, fever)
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Comfort and quality of life (taken broadly)
|
5
|
-
|
3
|
|
Patient functional status
| |
|
Physical functional capacity
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Cognitive and psychosocial functional capacity
|
5
|
-
|
1
|
|
Functional capacity
|
1
|
-
|
4
|
|
Nutritional status
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Patient and caregivers satisfaction
| | | |
|
Patient satisfaction/complaints
|
11
|
1
|
2
|
|
Satisfaction of caregivers and complaints*
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
|
Joint contribution of nursing with other care
| | | |
|
Hospital mortality
|
5
|
-
|
7
|
|
Readmissions
|
4
|
-
|
7
|
|
Length of stay
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
|
Survival time*
|
-
|
-
|
1
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