title: Measuring nursing intensity in ambulatory care. Part II: Developing and testing PINAC.
abstract: Measures of nursing intensity are needed for a variety of administrative, clinical, research, and quality management purposes. The Patient Intensity for Nursing: Ambulatory Care (PINAC) is a new measure designed and tested for use in ambulatory care. Reliability and validity testing of the PINAC are described in this second part of a two-part series.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Prescott
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Soeken
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D006801:Humans; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010045:Outpatients / Q000145:classification*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016526:Workload