title: Tool development for measuring caller satisfaction and outcome with telephone advice nursing.
abstract: Caller descriptions and evaluations of their experiences with telephone advice services provide unique information that correlates highly with objective measures of quality and can help interpret data from other sources. An author-developed questionnaire assessed caller outcomes of telephone nursing advice in Phase I an iterative, purposive sample of 40 callers was interviewed by phone. An emergent design was used to develop questions, analyze constructs of interest, and test questions for a draft caller questionnaire, which was tested in Phase II. Responses to the questionnaire provided information about caller characteristics, advice call characteristics, and nurse practice behaviors that caused the authors to further revise the questionnaire. The resulting tool provides feedback to advice nurses about the outcomes of their practice and information to design orientation and development programs and support fund allocation decisions.
authors.affiliation: University of Portland School of Nursing, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: Susan Randles
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Moscato
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Valanis
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gullion
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Shikego
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mayo
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013689:Telephone; D014481:United States