New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Med Care. 2013 Apr;51(4 Suppl 2):S1-5. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31827dc3ab.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) program in 2005 to generate, disseminate, and translate research to understand how nurses contribute to and can improve patient care quality. This special edition of Medical Care provides an overview of the program's strategy, goals, and impact, highlighting cross-cutting issues addressed by the initiative.
INQRI's leadership and select grantees discuss the implications of a collection of studies on the following: advances in the science of nursing's contribution to quality, measurement of quality, interdisciplinary collaboration, implementation methodology, dissemination and translation of findings, and the business case for nursing.
A comprehensive review of the scholarly literature published in 2004 and 2009 found that the evidence linking nursing to quality of care has grown. The second paper discusses INQRI's work on measurement of quality of care, revealing the need for additional comprehensive measures. The third paper examines INQRI's focus on interdisciplinary collaboration, finding that it can enhance methodological approaches and result in substantive changes in health delivery systems. The fourth paper presents methodological challenges faced in health care implementation, emphasizing the need for standardized terms and research designs. The fifth paper addresses INQRI's commitment to translating research into practice, illustrating dissemination strategies and lessons learned. The final paper discusses how the INQRI program has contributed to the current evidence regarding the business case for nursing.
This supplement describes the accomplishments of the INQRI program, discusses current issues in research design and implementation, and places INQRI research within the larger context regarding advances in nursing science.
罗伯特伍德约翰逊基金会于 2005 年启动了跨学科护理质量研究倡议（INQRI）计划，旨在生成、传播和转化研究成果，以了解护士如何为提高患者护理质量做出贡献并能改善护理质量。本期《医疗保健》特刊概述了该计划的策略、目标和影响，突出了倡议所涉及的跨领域问题。
INQRI 的领导层和部分受赠者讨论了一系列研究对以下方面的影响：护理对质量的贡献的科学进展、质量测量、跨学科合作、实施方法、研究结果的传播和转化，以及护理的商业案例。
对 2004 年和 2009 年发表的学术文献的全面回顾发现，将护理与护理质量联系起来的证据有所增加。第二篇论文讨论了 INQRI 对护理质量测量的工作，揭示了需要更多全面的衡量标准。第三篇论文考察了 INQRI 对跨学科合作的关注，发现它可以增强方法学方法，并导致卫生提供系统的实质性变化。第四篇论文介绍了医疗保健实施中面临的方法学挑战，强调需要标准化术语和研究设计。第五篇论文讨论了 INQRI 将研究转化为实践的承诺，说明了传播策略和经验教训。最后一篇论文讨论了 INQRI 计划如何为当前关于护理商业案例的证据做出贡献。
本增刊描述了 INQRI 计划的成就，讨论了研究设计和实施方面的当前问题，并将 INQRI 研究置于护理科学进展的更大背景下。
