Patient Outcomes Research: Examining the Effectiveness of Nursing Practice

NOTE: This publication was created in September 1991 as a result of a conference sponsored by the National Center for Nursing Research (currently the National Institute of Nursing Research). The tables mentioned in some of the presentations are not available. Hard copies of this publication are no longer available.
Welcome: Patient Outcomes Research Conference	Ada Sue Hinshaw, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Outcomes Research: Implications for the Effectiveness of Nursing Practice	Gordon H. DeFriese, Ph.D.
Outcomes Research: Integrating Nursing Practice into the World View	Sue T. Hegyvary, Ph.D., FAAN
Panel 1 - Clinical Conditions and Interventions: Their Relationship to Outcomes
Outcomes That Reflect Clinical Practice	Norma Lang Karen Dorman Marek
Measuring the Quality of Nursing Surveillance Activities for Five Diseases Before and After Implementation of the DRG-based Prospective Payment System	Lisa Rubenstein Betty L. Chang Emmett B. Keeler Katherine L. Kahn
A Research Agenda for Outcomes Research	Stephen Crane
Defining and Classifying Nursing Interventions	Joanne McCloskey Gloria M. Bulechek
Conditions, Interventions, and Outcomes: A Quantitative Analysis of Nursing Research	Ivo L. Abraham Zona L. Chalifoux Georges C.M. Evers
Panel 2 - Patient and Contextual Factors Influencing Patient Outcomes
Quality of Life, Functional Status, Patient Satisfaction	Carolyn Murdaugh
Family Outcomes: Family-Practitioner Interface	Kathleen Knafl
Family Outcomes: Conceptual and Methodological Issues	Suzanne Feetham
Nursing Practice Models: Research on Patient Outcomes	Carol Weisman
Individual/Group/Environmental: Interactions and Clinical Practice Interface	Joyce Verran Barbara Mark
Panel 3 - Methods and Measurement in Patient Outcomes Research
Measures and Instruments	Ora L. Strickland
Methods and Measurement in Patient Outcomes Research: Universal Issues	Daniel Cherkin
Knowledge, Decisions, and the Timing of Policy • Development: Creating a Strategic Framework for Science Policy	Susan B. Meister
Analysis Issues in Outcomes Research	Sandra L. Ferketich Joyce A. Verran
Panel 4 - Data Sources and Data Bases for Examining the Influence of Nursing Practice on Patient Outcomes
National and Regional Data Bases: The Big Picture	Regina McPhillips
Patient-Linked Data Bases: Implications for a Nursing Outcomes Research Agenda	Marcia Orsolits Stevic
Nursing Effectiveness Research Using Existing Data Bases	Kathleen A. McCormick
Strategies for Building Nursing Data Bases for Effectiveness Research	Jody G. Ozbolt