Abstract

The objective of this nursing informatics research was to identify data elements for a decision support system (DSS). The specific purposes were to (a) prioritize issues for strategic planning decisions that are expected to involve chief nurse executives during the next 10 years; (b) determine the information required to reduce uncertainty in making strategic decisions; and (c) translate the information required for strategic decisions into specific data elements to be included in a DSS. The methodology employed was a modification of the Policy Delphi using two rounds with a national sample of 240 nurse executives. The questionnaire consisted of 20 futuristic scenarios that were organized into social, economic, political, and technologic domains. Included within each domain was a list of information items categorized as clinical, financial, human resource, and environmental.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9505667; ProQuest document ID: 304073322. The author still retains copyright.

Authors

Amy J. Barton

Author Details

Amy J. Barton, PhD, RN, FAAN

Sigma Membership

Alpha Kappa at-Large

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Cross-Sectional

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Nursing Informatics Research, Chief Nurse Executives, System Design

Advisor

Kathleen A. Smyth

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of Florida

Degree Year

1993

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2019-05-23

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