Mark B A, Salyer J, Geddes N, Smith C
School of Nursing, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0567, USA.
Outcomes Manag Nurs Pract. 1998 Jul-Sep;2(3):111-6.
This article describes the Outcomes Research in Nursing Administration (ORNA) project--a longitudinal, multisite study investigating the interrelationships of various hospital-level and nursing-unit-level characteristics, nursing unit organizational structure, and administrative and patient outcomes. A variety of methodological challenges were encountered in the actual conduct of the project in relation to the design, sampling plan, management of attrition, and data collection. The article describes these challenges and how they were successfully resolved.
本文介绍了护理管理成果研究（ORNA）项目——一项纵向、多地点研究，旨在调查各种医院层面和护理单元层面特征、护理单元组织结构以及管理和患者结局之间的相互关系。在项目实际开展过程中，在设计、抽样计划、损耗管理和数据收集方面遇到了各种方法学挑战。本文描述了这些挑战以及如何成功解决这些挑战。
