title: Measuring outcomes: a nursing report card.
abstract: Balancing quality health care with the pressures of managed care and restructuring requires monitoring and measuring outcomes. The "nursing report card" organizes data in an informative manner, allowing nursing's contributions to patient outcomes to be assessed and reported to all customers in an ongoing fashion.
authors.affiliation: Community Based Services, St. Joseph Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*