Outcomes research in a hospital could address interactions among ...

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Outcomes research in a hospital could address interactions among which of the following general groups of variables? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Those that existed prior to treatment, such as narrative health histories
  b. Those that reflect surroundings, such as the size of family waiting rooms
  c. Those that reflect perceived outcome, such as quality of life
  d. Those that pertain to staff, such as levels of education and training
  e. Those that reflect physical outcome, such as patient survival

Question 2

In an outcomes study of nurse satisfaction in the workplace, which of the following would be reasonable outcome measures?
 
  a. Lunch relief staffing
  b. Formal complaints filed by nurses
  c. Nurse satisfaction surveys
  d. Manager style
  e. Patient survival
  f. Length of employment
  g. Sick calls

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B, C, D, E
Outcomes research focuses on the end results of patient care. For such research, items in the hospital database would be logical variables. Donabedian (1987) identified three objects to evaluate when appraising quality: structure, process, and outcome. Individual health histories are difficult to retrieve from a database and not in a form in which they can be analyzed. Size of waiting room, and staff levels of education and training, are structural variables. Quality of life and patient survival are outcome variables.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B, C, F, G
Outcomes research focuses on end results. If nurse satisfaction is conceptualized as an outcome variable, the items that are markers of nurse satisfaction are formal complaints the nurse files, surveys of satisfaction, how long a nurse remains in that particular workplace, and sick calls.

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