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Creating consensus about nursing outcomes. II. Nursing outcomes as agreed by patients, nurses and other health professionals

Journal of Clinical NursingPublished 1 July 1996
Brian Millar, Christopher Maggs, VICKI WARNER, Zoe Whale
Citations8
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.32
SNIP1.56

TL;DR

Patients, nurses and other health professionals were put to ask the questions 'what is it that you want from nursing?' and 'how would you know when you have got what you wantFrom nursing?'

Abstract

The questions 'what is it that you want from nursing?' and 'how would you know when you have got what you want from nursing?' were put to patients, nurses and other health professionals. The patients identified essential qualities of nurses. Problems within the nursing group are identified. The view of each group on the other's work is discussed. Areas of consensus related to respect, communication, competence, co-operation and context. Indicators or measures of the consensus areas are reported.

Keywords

Health ProfessionsNursing