title: Developing a nursing management practice atlas: Part 1, Methodological approaches to ensure data consistency.
abstract: Challenges associated with the use of secondary data sources for benchmarking in nursing administration research are identified. A methodological approach for ensuring data consistency is presented in part one of this two-part series. Part two (September 2000) will provide an analysis of the nursing management data, based on a set of nursing and financial resource benchmarking variables identified by the senior nurse executives of these sites. Initial findings show evidence of data consistency across similar hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. l.mcgillishall@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Pink
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Schraa
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006295:Health Resources / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015401:Nursing Administration Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration; D009790:Occupations / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009864:Ontario; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits