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Relationship between nursing interventions and outcome achievement in acute care settings
Author(s) -
Doran Diane,
Harrison Margaret B.,
Laschinger Heather,
Hirdes John,
Rukholm Ellen,
Sidani Souraya,
Hall Linda McGillis,
Tourangeau Ann E.,
Cranley Lisa
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20110
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , medicine , minimum data set , nursing interventions classification , audit , nursing , acute care , nursing care , documentation , health care , medline , scale (ratio) , physical therapy , nursing homes , physics , management , quantum mechanics , computer science , political science , law , economics , programming language , economic growth
The extent to which nursing interventions provided during hospitalization are associated with patients' therapeutic self‐care and functional health outcomes was explored with a voluntary sample of 574 patients. Nurses collected data on patient outcomes at admission and discharge using the minimum data set (MDS) and the therapeutic self‐care scale (TSCS). Research assistants audited charts for documentation of nursing interventions. The results indicated that nursing interventions aimed at exercise promotion, positioning, and self‐care assistance predicted functional status outcome. Higher functional status outcome predicted therapeutic self‐care ability at hospital discharge. The results demonstrate that nurses can use MDS and TSCS data on patient outcomes to gain insight into the effectiveness of their interventions. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 29:61–70, 2006