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The evaluation stage signals the end of the nursing process. The nurse gathers evaluative data to assess whether or not the patient has attained the expected results. Whereas the nurse collects data in the nursing assessment to identify the patient's health concerns, the evaluation stage data determines if the indicated health issues are resolved. Evaluative data collection includes two sections: the data acquired to evaluate patient outcomes and the time criteria for data collection.

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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education

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Quality measures for nurse practitioner practice evaluation.

Ruth Kleinpell^1,2, April N Kapu²

¹Center for Clinical Research & Scholarship, Rush University College of Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

|June 27, 2017

Summary

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Nurse practitioners (NPs) can demonstrate their practice impact using available quality measures. Various resources help NPs identify and quantify outcomes to showcase improved healthcare quality, safety, and costs.

Keywords:

Research advanced practice nurse (APN)nurse practitioners outcomes professionalism quality quality improvement

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Area of Science:

Healthcare quality improvement
Nursing practice evaluation
Health services research

Background:

Evaluating the impact of nurse practitioner (NP) practice is a key focus area.
Quality measures are available for practice-specific evaluation of NP roles and initiatives.

Purpose of the Study:

To review sources of quality measures for quantifying NP practice outcomes.
To facilitate the evaluation of NP roles and initiatives.

Main Methods:

A review of national resources and published literature on NP quality measures was conducted.

Main Results:

Various resources and toolkits are available to assist NPs in identifying practice outcomes.
Quality measures can be integrated into NP role and initiative evaluations.

Conclusions:

Demonstrating NP practice outcomes is an ongoing priority across all clinical settings.
Quality measures showcase the positive effects of NP care on healthcare quality, safety, and costs.