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Productivity Measurement For Home Health Care Registered Nurses, Lazelle Emminizer Benefield
Productivity Measurement For Home Health Care Registered Nurses, Lazelle Emminizer Benefield
Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Management
The purpose of this study is to develop a productivity measurement applicable to home health registered nurses (RNs) by identifying and quantifying the knowledge and ability variables that define productive nurse practice.
A preliminary set of knowledge and ability variables was identified based on content analysis of interviews with local nurse managers and round I of a three round Delphi procedure, using a purposive sample of nurse managers from nationally preeminent agencies. A randomized national sample of 337 nurse managers was then surveyed to determine the relative value and rank of the knowledge and ability variables. These variables were refined …