title: Relationship between nursing interventions and outcome achievement in acute care settings.
abstract: The extent to which nursing interventions provided during hospitalization are associated with patients' therapeutic self-care and functional health outcomes was explored with a voluntary sample of 574 patients. Nurses collected data on patient outcomes at admission and discharge using the minimum data set (MDS) and the therapeutic self-care scale (TSCS). Research assistants audited charts for documentation of nursing interventions. The results indicated that nursing interventions aimed at exercise promotion, positioning, and self-care assistance predicted functional status outcome. Higher functional status outcome predicted therapeutic self-care ability at hospital discharge. The results demonstrate that nurses can use MDS and TSCS data on patient outcomes to gain insight into the effectiveness of their interventions.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doran
authors.forename: Margaret B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Laschinger
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirdes
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rukholm
authors.forename: Souraya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sidani
authors.forename: Linda McGillis
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Ann E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Tourangeau
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cranley
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000208:Acute Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D001494:Baths / Q000451:nursing; D003625:Data Collection; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009736:Nursing Process; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards; D009864:Ontario; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010343:Patient Admission; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012648:Self Care / Q000592:standards