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Profile of an excellent nurse manager.
Kallas, Kathryn DiAnn - 2011
Manager Ability, Leadership, and Support of Nurses/Nursing Management, the RN staff also assessed the profile of an excellent …University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation.December 2011. Major: Nursing. Advisor: Sandra R. Edwardson, PhD, RN, FAAN … framework for this research was grounded by transformational leadership, which is described as a type of leadership in which the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481348
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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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A Measure of Community Members’ Perceptions of the Impacts of Research Partnerships in Health and Social Services
King, Gillian; Servais, Michelle; Kertoy, Marilyn; … - 2009
Currently, there are no psychometrically sound outcome measures by which to assess the impacts of research partnerships. This article describes the development of a 33-item, survey questionnaire measuring community members’ perceptions of the impact of research partnerships addressing health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447247
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Organizational Learning for Evidence-based Practice: A “PAKT” for Success
McWilliam, Carol L.; Kothari, Anita; Kloseck, Marita; … - 2008
This article presents a participatory action knowledge translation (PAKT) framework for creating a learning organization to implement and sustain evidence-based practice in health services. Developed and piloted in the home care sector in Ontario, Canada, the PAKT framework inextricably...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447249
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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