Empirical Outcomes
Performance metrics are important factors Stamford Hospital nurses consider in defining and driving quality of care. Stamford Hospital currently tracks 11 nurse-sensitive indicators prescribed by the National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI), established by the American Nurses Association.
Those indicators are:
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Nursing staff skill mix
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Nursing hours per patient day
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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection rate (CAUTI)
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Central-line-associated blood stream infection rate (CLABSI)
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Fall/injury fall rates
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Hospital-/unit-acquired pressure ulcer rates
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Nurse turnover rate
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Peripheral IV infiltration rate
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Physical restraint prevalence
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RN survey with the practice environment scale
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia rate
Stamford Hospital uses the outcomes of these reports to benchmark its performance against teaching hospitals of similar size and define areas where improvement is needed.
