Using the statistical analysis program SPSS, this book shows how to analyze patient outcomes data and create graphs summarizing this data. The first part of this book serves as a primer for nurses and other health professionals who are learning how to measure outcomes. The second part includes a series of case studies describing successful patient outcomes projects. The examples selected range from the straightforward assessment of length of stay and readmission rate before and after the introduction of a care pathway, to the more complicated efforts to assess the impact of swimming on central venous catheter infection in children with cancer. Some chapters represent the starting point for outcomes measurement, while other chapters are built upon previous work. INDICE: PART ONE: THE PROCESS OF PATIENT OUTCOMES MANAGEMENTThe Identification of Patient Outcomes - Marie T Nolan and Victoria MockSelection of Instruments to Measure Outcomes and Planning for Data Management - Victoria Mock and Marie T NolanCreation and Manipulation of SPSS Data Files - Marie T NolanOverview of Statistical Methods for Measuring Patient Outcomes - Victoria MockPersuasive Presentation of Patient Outcomes Graphics - Marie T NolanScanning Technology to Automate Data Entry - Laura J Burke and Barbara F GaegelowPART TWO: CASE STUDIES IN PATIENT OUTCOMES MANAGEMENTAcute CareFactors Associated with Leg Graft Wound Complications Following Coronary Artery Bypass - Maura A GoldsboroughEvaluation of the Effect of a Critical Pathway for Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft - Suzanne J Rumble, Marinell H Jernigan and Pamela T RudisillQuality of Life Following the Whipple Procedure - JoAnn ColemanPrecursors of Patient Seclusion in a Psychiatric Patient Population - Donna Brannan and Judith M RohdeMaternal/Child CareOutcomes of Early Hospital Discharge of Women Undergoing Abdominal Hysterectomy - Andrea O Hollingsworth and Susan M CohenSwimming and Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections in Children with Cancer - Jacqueline Robbins, Philene Cromwell and David N KoronesPrimary CareMeasurement of Urinary Continence Recovery Following Radical Prostatectomy - Penny MarschkeA Clinical Outcomes Study to Evaluate the Cost-Effectiveness of New Anti-Emetic Guidelines to Manage Chemotherapy-Related Nausea and Vomiting - Christine A Engstrom
- ISBN: 978-0-7619-1504-1
- Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc
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