Wound care in nursing practice Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Seven nursing-sensitive indicators were measured using clinical and administrative data and based on episodes of wound care. Indicators were measured from an electronic system that provides informatio
Sponsors
Université de Montréal
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Nursing organization that offers services seven days a week will be included so that they can measure all the selected indicators and use the I-CLSC software in their daily practice 2. Wound care episodes with a minimum duration of 7 days and an episode start during the measurement period will be included. These two criteria are applied in order to measure all seven indicators
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Wound care episodes in palliative care will be excluded, as the indicators were selected for episodes of wound care with healing potential
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Performance is measured through 7 nursing-sensitive indicators using clinical and administrative data from the I-CLSC database and based on episodes of wound care. We measure the change from baseline performance at 6 and 12 months based for those 7 indicators. 1. Continuity: Percentage of care episodes in which at least 50 % of the consultations are provided by the same professional 2. Planning and adjusting of the treatment plan: Percentage of care episodes in which at least 75 % of the consultations are with an RN 3. Education: Percentage of care episodes in which at least one education session is provided 4. Initial assessment: Percentage of care episodes in which an RN performs a wound assessment in the first consultation 5. Frequency: Percentage of care episodes with no more than three consultations per week as of the second week 6. Duration: Percentage of care episodes lasting 42 days or less 7. Intensity: Percentage of care episodes with no more than 22 consultations | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed