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Diane E Allen1, Barbarajo Bockenhauer, Carolyn Egan
1Department of Nursing, New Hampshire Hospital, Concord, NH 03301, USA. dallen@dhhs.state.nh.us
The Journal of Nursing Administration
|April 8, 2006
Summary
Nurses can drive organizational change by actively managing and utilizing patient care data. This empowers them to demonstrate the link between nursing practice and patient outcomes, fostering knowledge sharing and innovation.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Nursing Informatics
- Organizational Behavior
Background:
- Healthcare professionals need to accelerate knowledge diffusion within organizations.
- Nurses possess significant access to patient care data but may not fully recognize their roles in data management and change innovation.
- There's a tendency for nurses to cede control of data to other entities.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore how nurses can actively collect and report their own data.
- To demonstrate the direct relationship between nursing practice excellence and patient outcomes.
- To foster knowledge sharing for sustaining organizational change.
Main Methods:
- Nurses at an acute psychiatric hospital collected and reported patient care data.
- Data analysis focused on linking nursing actions to patient outcomes.
- Qualitative insights into the process of knowledge sharing were gathered.
Main Results:
- Nurses successfully collected and reported data, highlighting the impact of their practice.
- A clear correlation was established between nursing interventions and positive patient outcomes.
- Sharing practice-based knowledge inspired and sustained necessary changes within the hospital.
Conclusions:
- Nurses are pivotal in managing patient data to drive evidence-based practice improvements.
- Empowering nurses as data managers enhances their role in organizational innovation and change.
- Knowledge translation from practice is essential for improving healthcare quality and efficiency.
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