Research TeamDiane DoranNancy LefebrePeggy WhiteCarole Estabrooks This summary presents selected highlights from a research study entitled “Linking Best Practice Guideline Use and Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (HOBIC) in the Community.” The full report will be available soon … [Read more]
Research Team: Diane M. Doran, RN, PhD, FCAHSDorothy Pringle, OC, RN, PhD, FCAHSPeggy White, RN, MNLaureen Hayes, RN, EdDAutumn Chilcote, MEd (c) Executive Summary This report presents evidence in published literature about successful outcomes/performance monitoring implementation strategies, as well as … [Read more]
Prepared for the Planning Committee for a Think Tank entitled “Toward a National Report Card for Nursing” held in Montreal on February 13, 2011. Research Team Diane Doran, RN, PhD, FCAHSBarbara Mildon, RN, PhD, CHESean Clarke, RN, PhD, FAAN Executive … [Read more]
Author(s): Meyer RM, O’Brien-Pallas LL. Publication: Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2010 Dec; 66(12):2828-38 Abstract: AIM: This paper is a discussion of the derivation of the Nursing Services Delivery Theory from the application of open system theory to large-scale organizations. BACKGROUND: … [Read more]
Author(s): O’Brien-Pallas, Linda; Li, X. Mingyang; Wang, Sping; Meyer, Raquel M.; Thomson, Donna Publication: Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, Volume 42, Number 4, Winter 2010 , pp. 98-120(23) Abstract: Hierarchical linear modelling was used to evaluate the influence of nurse … [Read more]
Authors(s): O’Brien-Pallas, L., Meyer, R., Hayes, L., & Wang, S. Publication: Journal of Clinical Nursing (2010) Abstract: Aims and objectives: This paper presents the Patient Care Delivery Model to illustrate interrelationships between model components and to support its application in … [Read more]
Author: Fisher, A. Nurse vacancies, as currently defined and measured, misrepresent the demand for nurses in the labour market. Lack of a standard definition of nurse vacancy renders nursing vacancy counts and vacancy rates inaccurate measures of nurse shortage. In … [Read more]
Author(s): Doran, D. M. Publication: Evidence Based Nursing, 2009;12:35-38. Abstract: One of the great challenges facing healthcare professionals today is the effective and efficient management of an ever-increasing amount of clinically related health information. An important dimension of this challenge … [Read more]
Authors: Andrea Baumann, Linn Holness, Dina Idriss, Patricia Norman, & Seyda Seren Executive Summary: Recently (2006-2007), the Ontario Safety Association for Community and Healthcare (OSACH) developed a unique Health and Safety Management System (HSMS) to assist organizations to advance and … [Read more]
These summaries highlight the findings from the research study entitled “Nurse-Physician Relationships – Solutions and Recommendations for Change.” This fact sheet provides a review of the magnet1 hospital literature for the purpose of highlighting the various characteristics that distinguish magnet … [Read more]