Developing children's nursing care outcome statements in Africa using World Café methods

Area of Science:

• Pediatric Nursing
• Healthcare Metrics
• Nursing Workforce Development

Background:

• Nursing metrics are essential for measuring and visualizing nursing care outcomes.
• Existing metrics may not adequately capture the context-specific nature of nursing work.
• There is a need for metrics that accurately reflect the actual work performed by nurses.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop outcome and action statements for pediatric nursing care in African settings.
• To ensure nursing metrics are sensitive to the unique context of children's nursing in Africa.
• To align nursing metrics with the practical work of nurses.

Main Methods:

• A workshop was held at the Building Children's Nursing conference in 2019.
• The World Café method was employed for collaborative discussion and idea generation.
• The Nightingale Metrics approach was utilized to guide the development process.

Main Results:

• Statements of nursing care outcomes and actions specific to children's nurses in African settings were successfully developed.
• The process yielded intended and relevant statements for pediatric nursing in the specified context.
• The developed statements provide a foundation for context-specific nursing metrics.

Conclusions:

• Appropriate nursing metrics are crucial for data-driven improvements in nursing practice.
• These metrics can inform decision-making regarding support for the nursing workforce.
• The developed statements offer a pathway to more effective and relevant nursing metrics in African pediatric care.