The contributors to this volume provide nursing researchers and professionals with cutting-edge thinking on: the definition and classification of outcomes; the testing of approaches to outcomes management; the application of outcomes-management concepts in various practice settings; and the integration of various outcomes-related approaches in health care practice and management.
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Dr Kathleen Kelly PhD, MA (SEN), Dip TESL, AMBDA, is a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University in the Centre for Inclusion and Special Educational Needs. She is Programme Leader for the MA in Specific Learning Difficulties and has presented papers at a number of international conferences in this area. For several years she has taught courses on specific learning difficulties (dyslexia) to undergraduates as part of the initial teacher training programme in addition to postgraduate awards. She has considerable experience in delivering courses to meet the criteria set out by the British Dyslexia Association for Approved Teacher Status (ATS) and is Associate Member of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA). Kathleen has taught a wide range of learners with dyslexia, from children as young as four years to those at Key Stage 5. She has worked in both mainstream and special schools, for language support and learning support services, as a SENCO in a primary school, and as Head of Sixth Form in a special school. She has many years' experience of supporting multilingual children with special educational needs (including specific learning difficulties). Multilingualism and dyslexia is a particular area of interest and her doctorate was also in this area.
Preface - Diane Huber
Introduction - Kathleen C Kelly
PART ONE: OVERVIEW
Nursing Management Innovations - Joanne Comi McCloskey et al
A Need for Systematic Evaluation
Nursing - Meridean L Maas, Marion R Johnson and Vicki Kraus
Sensitive Patient Outcomes Classification
Nurses Roles in Primary Care - Reni Courtney
Providing Leadership for Health Care Reform
Nursing - Ida M Androwich and Sheila A Haas
Sensitive Patient Outcomes in Ambulatory Care
MOS SF36 - Cheryl L Ramler et al
Clinical and Administrative Implications for Nurses
PART TWO: OVERVIEW
Case Study - Gale A Spencer, Mary S Collins and Elizabeth Parietti
Facilitating the Implementation of a Case Management Model
Variance Tracking and Analysis - Colleen J Goode et al
Successful Strategies for Implementing AHCPR Clinical Practice Guidelines - Victoria M Steelman
The Impact of a Creative Staffing Schedule on Nursing Practice at an Academic Medical Center - Jean A Walters
A Managed Care Methodology for Achieving Cost and Quality Outcomes in Home Health - Virginia L Maturen
PART THREE: OVERVIEW
Introduction and Evaluation of an Advanced Nursing Practice Role in Neonatal Intensive Care - Alba Mitchell, Janet Pinelli and Doris Southwell
Staff Nurse Managed Collaborative Care - Nancy Wells, Gwen Holder and Susie Dengler
Evaluation on a Rehabilitation Unit
A Comparison of Program Evaluation Methods for Long Term Care of Institutionalized and Noninstitutionalized Elderly - Juliann G Sebastian et al
Issues in Evaluating the Impact on Cost of Management and Delivery Changes - Mary A Blegen and Richard Murphy
Evaluating a Redesign Program - Cheryl B Stetler, Emily Creer and Judith A Effken
Challenges and Opportunities
