Development and clinical application of nursing-sensitive indicators for midline catheterization care using evidence-based methods

Abstract

Background: Midline catheters (MCs) have been widely applied in clinical settings as they can provide painless venous access, thus improving the quality of life and reducing medical costs. Nursing-sensitive indicators (NSIs) are real and effective measures of nursing quality. Using evidence-based methods, we established the NSIs of MC care, with an attempt to provide a basis for evaluating and monitoring nursing quality for MC use. Methods: An electronic search was performed in 5 databases including China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Scientific Journal Database (VIP), Wanfang Data, PubMed, and Web of Science to identify studies that evaluated nursing quality during MC use. Two evaluators independently selected literature, extracted data, and evaluated the risk of bias. According to the Donabedian's structureprocess-outcome model, we divided the NSIs into 3 levels.

[Retracted] Individualized Management of Quality of Care in Orthopedic Nurses Based on Sensitive Indicators

“…With the gradual formation of a consensus on the concept of “evidence-led improvement to replace evidence-based management,” nursing-sensitive quality indicators will play an increasingly important role in the macro- and micromanagement of nursing quality in my country [ 11 ]. In recent years, researches on nursing-sensitive quality indicators have appeared one after another in my country, but the application of indicators is single, and most of them are based on the three-level quality control of nursing department-department-department and head nurse [ 12 – 15 ].…”