title: Evaluating advanced practice nursing care through use of a heuristic framework.
abstract: In our modification of a quality of care framework, we blended the labels of both models with respect to structure, labeling it structure/inputs. We then specified the types of characteristics in each of the 12 cells that can guide the evaluation of the areas of interest in a primary care system. The identification of characteristics of this conceptual framework and its subsequent application are important for a number of reasons. Specifically, this framework systematically organizes standardized data elements that are critical to monitoring and subsequently improving quality of care, guiding research, influencing policy, and developing nurse-sensitive patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: University of California, USA.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Gilliss
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D003625:Data Collection; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012495:San Francisco