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Measuring Patient Outcomes
- Marie T. Nolan - Johns Hopkins University, USA
- Victoria Mock - Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA
July 2012 | 248 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
One of the most sought-after topics at the recent regional nursing research conference was outcomes measurement and research. Authors, Marie T. Nolan and Victoria Mock give a basic introduction to patient outcomes measurement. Measuring Patient Outcomes book is divided into two sections: the first section provides an overview of the patient outcomes measurement process (identification of outcomes, use of an SPSS data file, common statistical methods for measuring outcomes, data entry, presentation of outcomes); and the second comprises a variety of case examples of patient outcomes measurement.
PART ONE: THE PROCESS OF PATIENT OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT
Marie T Nolan and Victoria Mock
The Identification of Patient Outcomes
Victoria Mock and Marie T Nolan
Selection of Instruments to Measure Outcomes and Planning for Data Management
Marie T Nolan
Creation and Manipulation of SPSS Data Files
Victoria Mock
Overview of Statistical Methods for Measuring Patient Outcomes
Marie T Nolan
Persuasive Presentation of Patient Outcomes Graphics
Laura J Burke and Barbara F Gaegelow
Scanning Technology to Automate Data Entry
PART TWO: CASE STUDIES IN PATIENT OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT
Acute Care
Maura A Goldsborough
Factors Associated with Leg Graft Wound Complications Following Coronary Artery Bypass
Suzanne J Rumble, Marinell H Jernigan and Pamela T Rudisill
Evaluation of the Effect of a Critical Pathway for Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
JoAnn Coleman
Quality of Life Following the Whipple Procedure
Donna Brannan and Judith M Rohde
Precursors of Patient Seclusion in a Psychiatric Patient Population
Maternal/Child Care
Andrea O Hollingsworth and Susan M Cohen
Outcomes of Early Hospital Discharge of Women Undergoing Abdominal Hysterectomy
Jacqueline Robbins, Philene Cromwell and David N Korones
Swimming and Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections in Children with Cancer
Primary Care
Penny Marschke
Measurement of Urinary Continence Recovery Following Radical Prostatectomy
Christine A Engstrom
A Clinical Outcomes Study to Evaluate the Cost-Effectiveness of New Anti-Emetic Guidelines to Manage Chemotherapy-Related Nausea and Vomiting
