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National Review of Nursing Education

Standards for Nursing Care and Relationships Between Skill Management and Patient Outcomes

Jackie Crisp
Professor of Child and Adolescent Nursing
Sydney Children's Hospital and Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Health,
University of Technology, Sydney
Conjoint Professor, University of New South Wales

31 August 2001

© Commonwealth of Australia 2001

ISBN 0 642 77247 9  (Online version)
DEST No. 6773.HERC01A

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This research was commissioned by the National Review of Nursing Education funded by the Department of Education, Science and Training and the Department of Health and Ageing.

The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Education, Science and Training or the Department of Health and Ageing.

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Contents

• Introduction
  • Method of data collection

• 1 Structured Abstract
  • 1.1 Objective
  • 1.2 Scoping the Review
  • 1.3 Main Findings
  • 1.4 Conclusions
• 2 Researching the Impact of Various Skill Mixes on Patient Outcomes
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Finding the Evidence
  • 2.3 Categories of Workers Represented in Nursing Skill Mix
  • 2.4 What are Potentially Nurse-Sensitive Patient Outcomes?
  • 2.5 Data Systems to Track and Investigate Patient Outcomes
  • 2.6 Findings of Research Linking Skill Mix to Patient Outcomes
  • 2.7 The Cost of Unevaluated Skill Mix
  • 2.8 Contemporary Health Care and Skill Mix
• References
• Bibliography

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