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Nursing-Sensitive Indicators in Ambulatory Care

Issue
January/February 2015

Ambulatory nursing care can be difficult to comprehend in all its complexity. In August 2013, the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing commissioned a task force to identify nursing-sensitive indicators specific to ambulatory care settings. Given the great variation in settings, staff mix, patient populations, role dimensions, skill sets, documentation systems, and resources, determining metrics that apply across the entire continuum of care is a daunting task. However, it is incumbent upon nurse leaders to define the metrics that will promote the value of the registered nurse in ambulatory practice and care coordination. Once initial measures are identified, piloted, and validated, the infrastructure can be created for ongoing benchmarking and collaboration. The long-term goal is to leverage professional nursing practice, based in the ambulatory care setting, to improve quality, safety, and cost in health care.

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Authors

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Margaret F. Mastal, PhD, MSN, RN
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Ann Marie Matlock, DNP, RN, NE-BC

Speaker

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Rachel E. Start, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Associate VP, MBE Services, Rush University Medical Center

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