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The Nursing Value Model: A Structured Approach to Measuring Nursing Care.
1Hospital Operations, Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|June 3, 2018
Summary
Measuring nursing care value is challenging. This research introduces a framework and metrics to quantify nursing
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Nursing Informatics
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Defining and measuring the value of nursing care is a significant challenge.
- Nurses are integral to interdisciplinary teams, yet their specific contributions to patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness are difficult to quantify.
- Existing frameworks often fail to capture the unique impact of nursing interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To establish a common model for developing nursing business intelligence and analytics.
- To define and publish metrics for measuring nursing value.
- To facilitate research on nurse-sensitive phenomena and the value of nursing care.
Main Methods:
- The Nursing Value Workgroup developed a multi-year initiative focused on Big Data and Nursing Knowledge.
- Key activities included constructing a common model, defining metrics, and creating user stories for nurse-sensitive phenomena.
- A data warehouse was established to support research, with initial findings from a multi-hospital study on pain management presented.
Main Results:
- Development of a foundational model for nursing business intelligence and analytics.
- Publication of definitions and metrics for assessing nursing value.
- Creation of user stories to capture nurse-sensitive outcomes.
- Establishment of a data infrastructure to support nursing value research.
Conclusions:
- Quantifying nursing value is essential for demonstrating the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes and healthcare costs.
- The developed framework and metrics provide a basis for improved nursing business intelligence and research.
- Further research, including multi-hospital studies, is needed to refine and validate nursing value measures.
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