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The purpose of this study is to explore the extent hospitals in one state use and disseminate NDNQI reports and results to nursing staff within the facility. Challenges encounterd in interpreting reports and improvements facilities have made through use of NDNQI results will be reported.
Background/Significance:
Nineteen health care facilities in Oklahoma particpate in the NDNQI and ten of them participate in a collaborative organized by the Oklahoma Nurses Association (ONA) with goals to improve quality of care and promote evidence based practice (EBP) and nursing research. A range of experience with the database and an interest in how member organizations disseminate and use this data to improve care resulted in a nursing project developed to answer these questions.
Methods:
The exploratory descriptive study used an electronic survey instrument deployed on the ONA website,with study participants recruited from Collaborative hospitals. The twelve-item questionaire with demographic fill-in sections on result/report dissemination, interpretation challenges and improvements made have been collected, downloaded and will be analyzed by the the research team comprised of association members with experience in research methods and/or NDNQI database use. Answers will be analyzed for themes, coded into categories and trended. Descriptive and nonparametric statistics will be used to determine if challenges or data utility vary across positions or preparation.
Results:
Data collection was completed in April 1010. The data is currently being analyzed by the researh team and will be ready to present by January 2011.
Conclusions and Implications for Practice:
This research study explores how the NDNQI report is disseminated to nursing staff and will identify strategies and successes that could inform others. The results of this study could be replicated by other states or groups to improve patient care and promote the value of nursing.