Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah 23323, KSA
Abstract
Development and implementation of the feasibility of Nurse-sensitive outcome indicators set for assessing the variation in the quality of care in ambulatory chemotherapy units in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author(s): Dena M. Attallah
Background: The quality of patient care is a universal concern among healthcare managers, policymakers and consumers. In order to benchmark and improve patient outcomes and demonstrate the impact of high-quality care provided by ambulatory chemotherapy services (ACSs), it is important to develop patient-reported nurse-sensitive indicators, specific to chemotherapy-related symptoms and experiences of supportive care. This study builds on previous work by Armes et al. (2014) who developed the Patient-Reported Chemotherapy Indicators of Symptoms and Experience (PR-CISE).
Aims: This study aims to explore a range of methodological and feasibility issues that relate to the development and implementation of Nurse-Sensitive Outcome indicators (NSOIs) and associated tools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It also aims to establish whether variabi.. View More»
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