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Psychometric analysis of the Brisbane Practice Environment Measure (B-PEM)
Flint, Anndrea; Farrugia, Charles; Courtney, Mary; … - 2010
: Content validity of the 33-item measure was established by a panel of experts. Initial testing involved 195 nursing staff … factor analysis was conducted using data from a further 983 nursing staff. Results: Principal component factor analysis …. The measure can be utilised as a subscale or total score reflective of a contemporary nursing work environment. Clinical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483364
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Corralling the "horses" to staff the global organization of 21st Century
Harvey, Michael; Mayerhofer, Helene; Hartmann, Linley C.; … - 2010
renewed meaning for human resource managers in global organizations. Staffing global organizations (e.g., finding an adequate … marketplace. Daniel Hanyzewski, Nike Inc.'s global staffing director, laments that Nike could grow its business significantly more … if it could effectively staff global management positions. Globalization of business complicates the staffing in emerging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441590
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Labor Productivity - The Use of Staffing Guides and Other Productivity Methods in U.S. Hotels: A Survey Study
Dougan, James W - 2011
American hoteliers including staffing guides, with a special focus on productivity standards. Advantages of physical, financial … Frontier Analysis are discussed. While the use of percentages and staffing guides were found to be commonplace, results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467807
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Organizational predictors of adherence to ambulatory care screening guidelines
Vaughn, T. E.; McCoy, K. D.; BootsMiller, B. J.; … - 2002
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify hospital organizational characteristics consistently associated with adherence to multiple clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). We examined the relationship between organizational and patient population characteristics and adherence to three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466014
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Modeling mortality risk in hemodialysis patients using laboratory values as time-dependent covariates
Culp, Kennith R.; Flanigan, M.; Lowrie, E. G.; Lew, N.; … - 1996
Proportional hazards analyses assume that the magnitude of mortality risk for a predictor variable remains proportional over time. In a time-dependent model, the explanatory variable violates this assumption, and repeat observations are required to accommodate the change in risk that occurs over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466015
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Intervention research in highly unstable environments
Buckwalter, Kathleen; Grey, M.; Bowers, B.; McCarthy, … - 2009
This article highlights issues and presents strategies for conducting intervention research in highly unstable environments such as schools, critical care units, and long-term care facilities. The authors draw on their own experiences to discuss the challenges that may be encountered in highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466016
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Crystallizing the processes of the Unitary Field Pattern Portrait research method
Butcher, Howard K. - 1998
Research methods must be consistent with the Science of Unitary Human Beings if one is to study irreducible human beings in mutual process within a pandimensional universe. The Unitary Field Pattern Portrait (UFPP) research method was developed from the criteria of Rogerian inquiry and is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466017
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Benchmarking Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in the delivery of preventive health services: comparison of methods
Doebbeling, B. N.; Vaughn, T. E.; Woolson, R. F.; … - 2002
OBJECTIVE: To identify consistent provision of clinical preventive services, we sought to benchmark all acute care Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) against each other nationally on the basis of multiple evidence-based, performance measures to identify facilities performing consistently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466025
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Intervention research in highly unstable environments
Buckwalter, Kathleen; Grey, M.; Bowers, B.; McCarthy, … - 2009
This article highlights issues and presents strategies for conducting intervention research in highly unstable environments such as schools, critical care units, and long-term care facilities. The authors draw on their own experiences to discuss the challenges that may be encountered in highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466026
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Evaluating the cost of one telehealth application connecting an acute and long-term care setting
Specht, Janet K.; Wakefield, B.; Flanagan, J. - 2001
This article describes a study of the costs of a pilot telemedicine chronic wound consultation clinic. Cost minimization analysis is the technique used to examine the costs of the clinic. The components of cost analysis include the fixed costs of personnel and equipment and the indirect costs of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466059