Chapter 18

Which of the following is an example of a study focused on patient-related outcomes?

A study on the effect of patients smoking after caesarian section

Which of the following is an example of a study focused on performance-related outcomes?

A study on the length of stay after a caesarian section in relation to frequency of nursing assessment

__________ is the comparison of organizational outcome data to other organizations or national databases.

Benchmarking

Which of the following is an example of benchmarking?

Comparison of an individual hospital's readmission rates for pneumonia and the CMS readmission rates for pneumonia on a national level

Participatory process involving indicators that measure quality defines which of the following?

Continuous quality improvement

A nurse researcher is studying hypertension rates for adult diabetic patients after hospitalization; which of the following would study long-term outcomes?

Hypertension rates 6 months after hospitalization

A nurse researcher is studying hypertension rates for adult diabetic patients after hospitalization; which of the following would study nursing-sensitive outcomes?

Hypertension rates for patients who had nursing-led hypertension education

In the Magnet Recognition Program, healthcare organizations are required to provide examples of nurse-sensitive quality indicators as part of the application process for, or for maintenance of _________________.

Magnet Recognition

A nurse researcher designs a study to determine the effect of ambulation 1 hour after caesarian section on the patient and newborn. This is an example of what type of research?

Outcomes research

Which of the following is an example of an indicator for an outcome of postoperative pain reduction?

Pain measurement scale