Outcome research focuses on evaluating the effects of nursing care and interventions on patients, groups, or organizations. It is used to establish evidence-based practice. Outcomes can be measured in the short, intermediate, and long term. Short term outcomes are achieved quickly, like increasing knowledge, while long term outcomes reflect behavioral changes. Measuring outcomes helps improve care but can be time consuming as conclusions change constantly. Various organizations fund outcome research to inform healthcare decisions and make care safer, higher quality, and more accessible. The Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes collects nursing measurements to help organizations evaluate outcomes.

1. Outcome Research
Manal Kurdali
MSNV 601 Research & Ethics in AP Nursing

2. What is Outcome Research?
• Outcome research is a type of research that focuses on the effects
of care, or treatment of nursing interventions preformed on
individuals, groups, or organizations (Schmidt & Brown, 2015).
• Used as a means to establish evidence-based practice
• Can be care-related, patient-related, or performace-related

3. Measuring Outcomes
Short-term
outcomes
-Achieved within a short
period of time.
-Increasing knowledge or
skill
Exp: Teaching patients how
to self administer
medication
Intermediate
outcomes
-Further changes that occur
after something new is
introduced
Exp: Lifestyle modifications
Long-term
outcomes
-Changes within a patients
behavior
Exp: Blood pressure
medication compliance

4. -Improved communication
among healthcare providers
-Helps establish evidence
based practice
-Helps evaluate care
delivered
-Evaluating outcomes
is an ongoing process.
-Time consuming, and
conclusions are
constantly changing.
-Barriers most be
overcome
The good vs the
Bad

5. Bettering Tomorrow
• Different companies provide researching funds in order to inform
patients and caregivers information regarding healthcare decisions
• Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) uses
patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research, or
CER
• (www.pcori.org)
• The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) produce
evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more
accessible, equitable, and affordable
• http://www.ahrq.gov/

6. CALNOC
• The Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes (CALNOC) was
established to assist organizations to collect nursing
measurements
• CALNOC’s current measurement capacity includes nurse sensitive
indicators such as: nurse staffing direct care hours, nurse/patient
ratios, contracted staffing use, workload intensity (admissions,
discharges, transfers),RN education level, patient falls, pressure
ulcers, and medication administration accuracy.

7. References
• Heslop, L., & Sim, J. (2012).
CALNOC demonstrates
leadership in nursing outcomes
research...Collaborative
Alliance for Nursing Outcomes.
Australian Nursing Journal,
19(8), 32.
• Schmidt, N. A. & Brown, J. M.
(2015). Evidence-based
practice for nurses: Appraisal
and application of research
(3rd ed.). Burlington, MA:
Jones & Bartlett Learning