Biomedical subjects

Margaret Ross Kraft

Publications and source records attributed to Margaret Ross Kraft.

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PubMed2006

Decision support within the Veterans' Health Administration.

The Decision Support System (DSS) of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) uses available data sources to produce information that supports strategic management and planning. At the same time, the clinical information in the system is useful for measurement of performance and quality of care initiatives. Clinical decision makers can correlate processes of care with outcomes to refine best practices and determine if treatment/monitoring standards are met. The DSS information has also proven to be very useful for health services researchers.

Decision Support Systems, Clinical↗

PubMed2003

Database research.

According to Dochterman and Grace (2001), forward movement as a scientific discipline requires generation of data about patients and health care delivery systems. The science of nursing may be defined by how nursing data is collected and used. Nursing data must be captured and analyzed to validate the impact of nursing care, to ensure adequate financial support for nursing, to allow research of nursing practice, and to be sure nursing has a voice in the development of health care policy. Research that transforms data into meaningful information can be useful for health care providers, policy makers, and the public served by nursing.

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PubMed2003

A research role for every nurse.

Knowledge development in an applied discipline consists of extending practical knowledge through scientific investigations (Benner, 1984). Our research commitment began with Ms. Nightingale, who wrote down her observations and used collected data to change practice. All nurses should be committed to the advancement of nursing science through the conduct and utilization of nursing research. Every nurse can participate in problem identification, data collection, research critiques, and in the dissemination of research findings. As the scientific body of nursing knowledge grows, we each must be responsible for facilitating the use of this knowledge in practice ... each of us is accountable to society for the scientific basis of our practice. All nurses should be involved in improving the quality of nursing practice. There is a research role for every nurse.

Humans↗

PubMed2003

Validation of nursing-sensitive outcomes in persons with spinal cord impairment.

Identification of nursing-sensitive patient outcomes in individuals with spinal cord impairment (SCI) is the first step in documenting the importance of nursing practice for this population. The aims of this descriptive study were to identify a comprehensive list of nursing-sensitive patient outcomes that SCI nurse's judge to be relevant to individuals with SCI and establish a framework for clinical validation of these outcomes in the future. Members of the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses (AASCIN) completed the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) Relevance of Outcome Rating Questionnaire. Twelve outcome categories had a diagnostic content validity (DCV) score above 0.8, sixteen were between 0.6 and 0.79, and one was below 0.6. Of the 260 individual outcome items, 139 had a DCV score above 0.8 (12 were 0.9 or higher), 76 had a DCV score between 0.6 and 0.79, and 45 had a DCV score below 0.6.

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