CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR STUDYING
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NURSE
STAFFING & OUTCOMES
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Draft Framework – Starting Point
Adapted from: Clarke SP, Donaldson NE, Chapter 25. Nurse Staffing and Patient Care Quality and Safety, in:
Hughes RG, Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses Department of Health and Human
Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2008 Pub. No. 08-0043
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Draft Framework - Detail
Adapted from: Clarke SP, Donaldson NE, Chapter 25. Nurse Staffing and Patient Care Quality and Safety, in:
Hughes RG, Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses Department of Health and Human
Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2008 Pub. No. 08-0043
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Draft Framework – Data/Variable Constraints
Adapted from: Clarke SP, Donaldson NE, Chapter 25. Nurse Staffing and Patient Care Quality and Safety, in:
Hughes RG, Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses Department of Health and Human
Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2008 Pub. No. 08-0043
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Draft Framework – Data/Variable Constraints
Adapted from: Clarke SP, Donaldson NE, Chapter 25. Nurse Staffing and Patient Care Quality and Safety, in:
Hughes RG, Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses Department of Health and Human
Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2008 Pub. No. 08-0043
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Next Steps
• Homework assignments
• Provide additional reference for research summaries
• Provide written feedback on remaining data/variable constraints by
Friday, November 1st
• Next Meeting: November 14th
• Plan on asking presentations on some of the data elements we
discussed today.
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Additional Information from the Health
Economics Program Available Online
• Health Economics Program Home Page
• www.health.state.mn.us/divs/hpsc/hep/index.html
• Publications
• www.health.state.mn.us/divs/hpsc/hep/publications/yearly/2010.html
• Health Care Market Statistics (Chartbook Updates)
• www.health.state.mn.us/divs/hpsc/hep/chartbook/index.html
• Interactive Health Insurance Statistics
• https://pqc.health.state.mn.us/mnha/Welcome.action
• Nurse Staffing Study Web Presence
• http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/hpsc/hep/nursestudy