Abstract
Despite major changes in the health care environment, limited research has been conducted to guide the changing roles of nurses or to examine the impact of professional nurse characteristics on patient outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between professional nurse characteristics of years of experience, educational level, and professional certification; nurse staffing variables; and adverse patient outcomes of falls, falls with injury, hospital acquired pneumonia, and hospital acquired pressure ulcers. Donabedian's Structure-Process-Outcome framework (Donabedian, 1980) and the Nursing Role Effectiveness Model (Irvine, Sidani, & Hass, 1998) were adapted to guide an examination of the relationship of the structural variables of the nurse and organizational structural variables related to work load and staff mix to adverse patient outcomes. A process component was not studied. A multivariate, retrospective, correlational, cross-sectional, non-experimental design was used employing a secondary analysis of existing employee, patient, and organizational data from electronic healthcare databases.
Sigma Membership
Xi Tau
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Role of Nurses, Professional Traits, Patient Care
Advisor
Jane Leske
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Degree Year
2007
Recommended Citation
Redekopp, Monica A., "Relationships of professional nurse characteristics and nurse staffing to adverse patient outcomes" (2020). Dissertations. 268.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/268
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-09-04
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3262939; ProQuest document ID: 304782472. The author still retains copyright.