Contributors

vii

Foreword

xi

Preface   Gail L. Ingersoll

xiii

1

Measuring Outcomes in Advanced Practice Nursing   Ruth M. Kleinpell

1

2

Analyzing Economic Outcomes in Advanced Practice Nursing   Kevin D. Frick and Patricia W. Stone

63

3

Selecting Advanced Practice Nurse Outcome Measures   Suzanne M. Burns

89

4

General Design and Implementation Challenges in Outcomes Assessment   Ann F. Minnick

107

5

Locating Instruments and Measures for APN Outcome Assessments   Marilyn Wolf Schwartz, Roger Green, and Jan Buffo Dempsey

119

6

Measuring Outcomes in Cardiovascular Advanced Practice Nursing   Anna Gawlinski and Kathy McCloy

139

7

Ambulatory NP Outcomes   Mary Jo Goolsby

187

8

Assessing Outcomes in Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice   Nancy Dayhoff and Brenda Lyon

201

9

Outcomes Measurement in Nurse-Midwifery Practice   Rhonda Arthur, Julie Martell, and Suzan Ulrich

229

10

Outcomes Assessment in Nurse Anesthesia   Michael J. Kremer and Margaret Faut-Callahan

255

11

Resources to Facilitate APN Outcomes Research   Denise Bryant-Lukosius, Julie Vohra, and Alba DiCenso

277

Index

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