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1Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Dufour) and Associate Professor (Dr Duhoux), Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
Objective:
To propose practical hypotheses on audit and feedback that support the effectiveness with nurses.
Background:
Audit and feedback interventions have been mainly studied with physicians; however, the processes have been practiced by nurses for years. Nurses' response may differ from that of physicians and other healthcare disciplines because of their roles, power, and the configuration of nursing activities.
Methods:
A comparative analysis of the Clinical Performance Feedback Intervention Theory was conducted using nursing-specific empirical data from: 1) a mixed-methods systematic review and 2) a pilot study of audit and feedback with a team of primary care nurses.
Results:
Researchers hypothesize that audit and feedback interventions are more effective when: 1) feedback emphasizes how it relates to the relational aspect of nursing; 2) indicators are measured and reported at team level; and 3) feedback is provided in a way that highlights benefits to nurses' practice, such as the potential to reduce workload.
Conclusion:
These proposed hypotheses provide concrete guidance to researchers and managers for an effective use of audit and feedback as a quality improvement strategy with nurses.
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