title: Nurses' integration of outcomes assessment data into practice.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to provide initial insight from rational and phenomenologic theoretical perspectives into how nurses integrate baseline and follow-up outcomes assessment data into practice to inform their clinical decision-making. Preliminary findings from 29 nurse interviews indicate that some nurses use outcomes assessment data for evaluating their interventions and for decisions concerning initial and/or discharge planning. Nurses' perceived usefulness of outcomes data was based on task complexity and nurses' level of expertise.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. lisa.cranley@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cranley
authors.forename: Diane M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Doran
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003657:Decision Making; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008128:Logic; D008606:Mental Processes; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D009864:Ontario; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload