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ArticleJournal of advanced nursing2014

Nursing-sensitive indicators: a concept analysis.

Liza Heslop, Sai Lu, Xiaoquan Xu

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Article in Journal of advanced nursing, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT05853588 (The Effect Of Toolbox Trainings On Nursing Sensitive Quality Indıcators), which is not on this map. Cited by 58 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05853588 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

The Effect Of Toolbox Trainings On Nursing Sensitive Quality Indıcators

TypeinterventionalSponsorIstanbul University - CerrahpasaRan2021 to 2022Enrolled77ConditionsNurse's RoleArmstraining
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The Effect of Toolbox Trainings on Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2025
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  9. Nurse-Driven Quality Indicators for Neonatal Intensive Care: A Delphi Consensus on Family-Integrated Priorities in NICUs.Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · 2026
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  19. The development of nursing-sensitive indicators: A critical discussion.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Liza HeslopCollege of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Sai Lu
Xiaoquan Xu
Victoria University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo report a concept analysis of nursing-sensitive indicators within the applied context of the acute care setting.

backgroundThe concept of 'nursing sensitive indicators' is valuable to elaborate nursing care performance. The conceptual foundation, theoretical role, meaning, use and interpretation of the concept tend to differ. The elusiveness of the concept and the ambiguity of its attributes may have hindered research efforts to advance its application in practice.

designConcept analysis. DATA SOURCES: Using 'clinical indicators' or 'quality of nursing care' as subject headings and incorporating keyword combinations of 'acute care' and 'nurs*', CINAHL and MEDLINE with full text in EBSCOhost databases were searched for English language journal articles published between 2000-2012. Only primary research articles were selected.

methodsA hybrid approach was undertaken, incorporating traditional strategies as per Walker and Avant and a conceptual matrix based on Holzemer's Outcomes Model for Health Care Research.

resultsThe analysis revealed two main attributes of nursing-sensitive indicators. Structural attributes related to health service operation included: hours of nursing care per patient day, nurse staffing. Outcome attributes related to patient care included: the prevalence of pressure ulcer, falls and falls with injury, nosocomial selective infection and patient/family satisfaction with nursing care.

conclusionThis concept analysis may be used as a basis to advance understandings of the theoretical structures that underpin both research and practical application of quality dimensions of nursing care performance.

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Nursing ProcessConcept FormationHumansacute careconcept analysisnursing performance measurementnursing-sensitive indicatorsquality of nursing care

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