Fiona Murphy1, Owen Doody1, Rosemary Lyons1, Maria Brenner2, Laserina O'Connor3, Andrew Hunter4, Declan Devane4, Duygu Sezgin1,4,5. 1. Department of Nursing and Midwifery University of Limerick Limerick Ireland. 2. School of Nursing and Midwifery Trinity College Dublin Dublin Ireland. 3. School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Sciences University College Dublin Dublin Ireland. 4. Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences National University of Ireland Galway Galway Ireland. 5. Present address: Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences National University of Ireland Galway Ireland.
Abstract
AIM: To describe the development of a guidance framework to assist nurses and midwives in selecting nursing and midwifery care process metrics and indicators for use in practice. BACKGROUND: Process metrics are measures of care provision activities by nurses and midwives. METHODS: Phase 1 was a rapid review assessment of the literature conducted to identify an initial framework. Six electronic databases were searched with Google Scholar and reference tracking performed. Phase 2 was expert review of the developing framework by nursing and midwifery experts in practice, academia and an international expert in quality care metrics. RESULTS: The literature assessment yielded 28 papers with 59 metric attributes identified. From this, a six-domain framework was developed. Following expert review, the framework was reduced to four domains: "Process Focused," "Important," "Operational" and "Feasible." CONCLUSIONS: This is the first framework specifically to guide nurses and midwives in selecting nursing and midwifery process metrics and indicators.
AIM: To describe the development of a guidance framework to assist nurses and midwives in selecting nursing and midwifery care process metrics and indicators for use in practice. BACKGROUND: Process metrics are measures of care provision activities by nurses and midwives. METHODS: Phase 1 was a rapid review assessment of the literature conducted to identify an initial framework. Six electronic databases were searched with Google Scholar and reference tracking performed. Phase 2 was expert review of the developing framework by nursing and midwifery experts in practice, academia and an international expert in quality care metrics. RESULTS: The literature assessment yielded 28 papers with 59 metric attributes identified. From this, a six-domain framework was developed. Following expert review, the framework was reduced to four domains: "Process Focused," "Important," "Operational" and "Feasible." CONCLUSIONS: This is the first framework specifically to guide nurses and midwives in selecting nursing and midwifery process metrics and indicators.
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nursing midwifery care process indicators; nursing midwifery care process metrics; quality indicators; selection framework