Outcome Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing: Third Edition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826110479 ISBN 13: 9780826110473

Publisher: Springer Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Ruth M. Kleinpell, PhD, RN-CS, FAAN, FAANP, FCCM

Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award for 2009!
Designated a Doody's Core Title!

""This is an excellent and timely tool for advanced practice nurses."" --Score: 100, 5 stars
--Doody's

Measuring the impact of APN care has become more important than ever in light of the Affordable Care Act program of hospital inpatient value-based purchasing and other quality care initiatives. The third edition of this award-winning volume continues to provide current knowledge, perspectives, and research on assessing outcomes of APN care, including discussion of important considerations related to identifying outcomes in specialty areas, conducting outcomes assessments, and assessing outcomes at the DNP level through the most current published projects. Chapters describe numerous examples of practice-based outcome assessments, and provide detailed descriptions of how an assessment is conducted.

It is now completely updated and revised to include:

• A new chapter on assessing outcomes at the DNP level through data gained from the most current research
• An expanded literature review on outcomes measurement research
• Guidelines for selecting assessment instruments
• Perspectives on international initiatives in APN assessment
• New chapter objectives and critical discussion questions with updated web links

The text is written by a highly esteemed scholar who was recently the recipient of the first American Association of Critical Care Nursing Impact Research Grant and the AACN's 2010 Flame of Excellence Award for sustained regional and national contributions to acute and critical care nursing. Written for nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and graduate level APNs, this newly updated edition serves as an invaluable resource for APNs, regardless of specialty area of practice or practice setting.

About this title

About the Author

Ruth M. Kleinpell, PhD, RN-CS, FAAN, FAANP, FCCM, is Director of the Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship at Rush University Medical Center and a Professor at Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago Illinois. She is also a Nurse Practitioner at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago Illinois. She serves as Chair of the American Academy of Nursing's Expert Panel on Acute and Critical Care, which has received funding by the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing for the

REASN (Resourcefully Enhancing Aging in Specialty Nursing) web-based modular project, now in creation. Other recent awards include recipient of the first American Association of Critical Care Nursing Impact Research Grant ($50,000) and the AACN's 2010 Flame of Excellence Award for sustained regional and national contributions to acute and critical care nursing.

From the Back Cover

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Named an AJN Book of the Year and a Doody's Core Title!

""This is an excellent and timely tool for advanced practice nurses."" Score: 100, 5 stars -Doody's Medical Reviews

Measuring the results of APN care has become increasingly important as a way to demonstrate the significant impact of APN nurses on practice outcomes. The third edition of this award-winning volume has been updated to provide the most current knowledge, perspectives, and research on assessing outcomes of APN care. It addresses not only the health outcomes of APN practice but the economic impact of APN care as well.

Chapters discuss outcome measurement in all areas of advance practice nursing, including identifying outcomes in specialty areas and in community and ambulatory settings. The text provides detailed descriptions of how to conduct outcomes assessments, how to locate the most current instruments and measures for APN assessment, and perspectives on international initiatives in APN assessment. Examples of outcomes studies at the DNP level are culled from the most current published projects. Written by expert practitioners, educators, and researchers in APN outcomes assessment, this book will provide the essential information to help all APNs?regardless of specialty area or practice setting?to increase their skill level in designing outcomes-focused clinical research, selecting instruments, and analyzing outcomes data as critical components of their professional practice role.

The third edition is completely updated and expanded to include:

• A new chapter on assessing outcomes at the DNP level through data gained from the most current research
• An expanded literature review on outcomes measurement research
• Guidelines for selecting assessment instruments
• Perspectives on an international initiative for the development of an APN research data collection toolkit
• New chapter objectives and critical discussion questions
• Updated web links

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Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826110479
• ISBN 13: 9780826110473
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Kleinpell Ruth