Nurse Staffing Levels and Patient Outcomes
Study Workgroup
Meeting #3
3:00-4:30PM
November 14, 2013,
Centennial Building
Lady Slipper room, 658 Cedar Street, St. Paul
AGENDA
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Activities
1. Welcome & Agenda Overview- Diane Rydrych
Meeting goals
 Identify measures
 Understand what is feasible
Time
5 min
2. Introductions- Kris Van Amber
Name & organization
10 min
3. Conceptual Framework Responses- Stefan
Gildemeister
10 min
4. Conceptual Framework (aka Logic Model Diagram)
40 min
Goal: Using the current conceptual framework and
the careful thinking workgroup members did after
the previous meeting, identify the best way to
measure each study concept group (administrative,
patient care and patient outcomes)
Format: The workgroup will break into three
groups, each receiving a study concept and
identifying a proposed best measurement
approach.
Questions to frame the conversation:
 What are you trying to measure?
 How would you calculate the measure
(definition and granularity)?
 Where would you get this information (data
source) and how would it be managed?
 What are the considerations when
answering these questions?
 How to prioritize alternative ways to
measurement?
 What terms need to be defined along the
way?
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Activities
Workgroup assignments:
Administrative: Unit of Measurement and type of
nursing staff
Patient care: patient acuity, demographics,
coverage
Patient outcomes: patient turn over, other
workload factors and nurse sensitive hospital care
indicators & other hospital quality indicators
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5. Workgroup reports
Goal: Identify where the group is in the process and
the top measures
20 min
6. Next Steps
 Next meeting: Monday 12/9, 2:00–3:30
5 min
Adjourn
Thank You!
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