Evaluation of Quality in Health Care for DNPs, Third Edition
Now in its third edition, this award-winning text work is the only advanced practice nursing text to present effective, systematic, and in-depth evaluations of all aspects of health care quality. Comprehensive in scope, it distills best practice information from numerous sources to facilitate utmost competency for APN and DNP graduates. The third edition keeps pace with the rapidly evolving healthcare market by presenting a more comprehensive range of evaluation strategies for analyzing quality, safety, and value in healthcare practice and programs. It provides a completely new chapter on evaluation of simulation programs to improve clinician competency and patient care technology.

An increased focus on the application of quality improvement is woven throughout, including the quality improvement-research continuum and an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork. New case studies, specific examples from a variety of QI projects, and content specifically geared to improve teamwork also add to the book's outstanding value. The text also delves into the theoretical basis of evaluation and its application as an integral part of contemporary practice. It includes evaluation models that enable nurses to address economic and financial viability, and guides readers through the translation of outcomes from evaluation into health care policy. Additionally, the text now includes PowerPoints for instructors.

New to the Third Edition:



• New chapter: Evaluation of Simulation to Support Ongoing Competency in the HC Workforce
• Additional case studies and specific examples from QI projects
• Increased focus on teamwork and collaboration
• Enhanced discussion of theoretical foundations of evaluation approaches
• New focus on program evaluation and dissemination of findings
• New PowerPoints available for Instructor's!

Key Features:

•Addresses AACN competencies and scope of practice
• Helps students integrate best and evidence-based practices into care
• Provides guidance on practical methods and tools for Quality Improvement Project
• Presents evaluation models enabling nurses to address economic and financial viability
• Includes evaluations of organizations, systems, standards for practice, health care redesign, and the challenges of electronic medical records
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Evaluation of Quality in Health Care for DNPs, Third Edition
Now in its third edition, this award-winning text work is the only advanced practice nursing text to present effective, systematic, and in-depth evaluations of all aspects of health care quality. Comprehensive in scope, it distills best practice information from numerous sources to facilitate utmost competency for APN and DNP graduates. The third edition keeps pace with the rapidly evolving healthcare market by presenting a more comprehensive range of evaluation strategies for analyzing quality, safety, and value in healthcare practice and programs. It provides a completely new chapter on evaluation of simulation programs to improve clinician competency and patient care technology.

An increased focus on the application of quality improvement is woven throughout, including the quality improvement-research continuum and an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork. New case studies, specific examples from a variety of QI projects, and content specifically geared to improve teamwork also add to the book's outstanding value. The text also delves into the theoretical basis of evaluation and its application as an integral part of contemporary practice. It includes evaluation models that enable nurses to address economic and financial viability, and guides readers through the translation of outcomes from evaluation into health care policy. Additionally, the text now includes PowerPoints for instructors.

New to the Third Edition:



• New chapter: Evaluation of Simulation to Support Ongoing Competency in the HC Workforce
• Additional case studies and specific examples from QI projects
• Increased focus on teamwork and collaboration
• Enhanced discussion of theoretical foundations of evaluation approaches
• New focus on program evaluation and dissemination of findings
• New PowerPoints available for Instructor's!

Key Features:

•Addresses AACN competencies and scope of practice
• Helps students integrate best and evidence-based practices into care
• Provides guidance on practical methods and tools for Quality Improvement Project
• Presents evaluation models enabling nurses to address economic and financial viability
• Includes evaluations of organizations, systems, standards for practice, health care redesign, and the challenges of electronic medical records
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Evaluation of Quality in Health Care for DNPs, Third Edition

Evaluation of Quality in Health Care for DNPs, Third Edition

Evaluation of Quality in Health Care for DNPs, Third Edition

Evaluation of Quality in Health Care for DNPs, Third Edition

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Now in its third edition, this award-winning text work is the only advanced practice nursing text to present effective, systematic, and in-depth evaluations of all aspects of health care quality. Comprehensive in scope, it distills best practice information from numerous sources to facilitate utmost competency for APN and DNP graduates. The third edition keeps pace with the rapidly evolving healthcare market by presenting a more comprehensive range of evaluation strategies for analyzing quality, safety, and value in healthcare practice and programs. It provides a completely new chapter on evaluation of simulation programs to improve clinician competency and patient care technology.

An increased focus on the application of quality improvement is woven throughout, including the quality improvement-research continuum and an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork. New case studies, specific examples from a variety of QI projects, and content specifically geared to improve teamwork also add to the book's outstanding value. The text also delves into the theoretical basis of evaluation and its application as an integral part of contemporary practice. It includes evaluation models that enable nurses to address economic and financial viability, and guides readers through the translation of outcomes from evaluation into health care policy. Additionally, the text now includes PowerPoints for instructors.

New to the Third Edition:



• New chapter: Evaluation of Simulation to Support Ongoing Competency in the HC Workforce
• Additional case studies and specific examples from QI projects
• Increased focus on teamwork and collaboration
• Enhanced discussion of theoretical foundations of evaluation approaches
• New focus on program evaluation and dissemination of findings
• New PowerPoints available for Instructor's!

Key Features:

•Addresses AACN competencies and scope of practice
• Helps students integrate best and evidence-based practices into care
• Provides guidance on practical methods and tools for Quality Improvement Project
• Presents evaluation models enabling nurses to address economic and financial viability
• Includes evaluations of organizations, systems, standards for practice, health care redesign, and the challenges of electronic medical records

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826175229
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Publication date: 07/14/2021
Edition description: 3rd ed.
Pages: 388
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joanne V. Hickey, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCCM, holds the Patricia L. Starck/PARTNERS Professorship in Nursing and the Coordinator of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing.


Eileen R. Giardino, PhD, RN, APRN, NP-C, ANP-BC, Associate Professor at Rush University and retired from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Cizik School of Nursing.

Table of Contents

Section I: FOUNDATIONS OF EVALUATION

Chapter 1. Evaluation and Advanced Nursing Practice: The Mandate for Evaluation

Joanne V. Hickey

Chapter 2. The Nature of Evidence as a Basis for Evaluation

Joanne V. Hickey

Chapter 3. Models for Evaluation in Advanced Nursing Practice

Joanne V. Hickey

Chapter 4. Evaluation and Outcomes

Eileen G. Giardino

Chapter 5. Financial Evaluation

Eileen R. Giardino and Angelo P. Giardino

Section II: EVALUATION OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONAL IMPERATIVES

Chapter 6. Evaluation of Organizations and Systems

Nancy Manning Crider and Beth Ulrich

Chapter 7. Evaluation of Health Care Information Systems and Patient Care Technology

Juliana J. Brixey and V. Gail Roberson Turner

Chapter 8. Planning a Program or Project Evaluation

Joanne V. Hickey

Chapter 9. Evaluation in Quality Improvement

Eileen R. Giardino

Chapter 10. Evaluation of Patient Care Standards, Guidelines, and Prools

Ronda G. Hughes

Chapter 11. Evaluation of Interprofessional Health Care Teams

Joanne V. Hickey

Chapter 12. Evaluation of Simulation to Support Ongoing Competency of the Health Care Workforce

Kristen Starnes-Ott and M. Roseann Diehl

SECTION III: EVALUATION OF POPULATIONS AND HEALTH POLICY

Chapter 13. Evaluation of Populations and Population Health

Joanne V. Hickey

Chapter 14. Evaluation of Health Policy: From Problem to Practice

Joyce Batcheller, Peggy L. Landrum, Nancy Manning Crider, and Patricia S. Yoder-Wise

Chapter 15. Drivers of Change, Impact, and Challenges for Evaluation of Health Care

Joanne V. Hickey and Eileen R. Giardino

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