title: Development of a nursing management practice atlas. Part 2, Variation in use of nursing and financial resources.
abstract: Developing mechanisms for making benchmark comparisons among hospital organization is a challenge that has been embraced by nurse executives. A methodologic approach for ensuring data congruency when using available secondary data bases for making benchmark comparisons was detailed in part one (July/August) of this two-part series. This second article analyzes nursing management data using a set of nursing and financial resource variables identified by senior nurse executives of the hospital sites involved in this study.
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: D019985:Benchmarking; D019992:Databases as Topic; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000145:classification; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009864:Ontario; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000191:economics*