Abstract
Within a team-oriented approach to healthcare, the demonstration of quality is challenging. Multidisciplinary quality indicators ideally represent all pertinent stakeholders and are preferred when evaluating the quality of care for specific patient populations. Recently, however, nursing-sensitive indicators have been developed that reflect the unique contribution of nursing to patient outcomes. Because nursing-sensitive quality indicators reflect nursings' accountability for patient care, they must also be considered when identifying indicators sets. Controversy exists concerning the appropriate definition, number, and approach to indicator identification. Many organizations are attempting to measure everything to ensure that all appropriate indicators are represented. To incorporate both nursing-sensitive and multidisciplinary quality indicators, a phased organization-wide approach is advocated. Through clinical leadership skills combined with the advanced practice roles of consultant, educator, and researcher, the clinical nurse specialist can facilitate the inclusion of relevant indicators, preserve both multidisciplinary and nursing-sensitive approaches, and maintain efficiency during the process. The clinical nurse specialist, with clinical expertise and advanced education has a unique leadership role in the identification of the resultant critical indicator matrix.
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