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Silver Spring, MD - The American Nurses Association (ANA) announces its first annual National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI®) conference "Transforming Nursing Data into Quality Outcomes" January 29-31, 2007. Over 900 staff nurses, nurse executives, NDNQI site coordinators, hospital chief executive officers and quality improvement professionals will review the best practices occurring in hospitals using NDNQI reports to improve the quality of nursing care. "ANA is pleased to host this groundbreaking conference," remarked ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR. "It's an opportunity for conscientious and committed quality improvement professionals to discuss NDNQI's uses and successes. ANA's unique database is one of the most powerful research tools available to nurse executives for promoting patient safety and quality care." NDNQI was established in 1998 as part of ANA's Safety and Quality Initiative. The program collects nursing-sensitive data affecting patient outcomes with the goals of providing comparative information to health care facilities, and developing national data on the relationship between nurse staffing and patient outcomes. Since its formation, more than 1,000 hospitals nationwide have joined the program. NDNQI reports on indicators such as staff mix, patient falls, pain management, and nurse satisfaction on a unit-by-unit basis. NDNQI is managed by the University of Kansas School of Nursing under contract to ANA. "The conference will provide a first of its kind forum for health care professionals to discuss the latest research on the quality of nursing care," added Association CEO Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN, CNAA, BC. "Nurses will have an opportunity to receive training in the newest data collection practices and examine trends in nursing care." Included in the latest research from NDNQI is a comparison of performance differences in hospitals that have achieved ANCC's Magnet® designation versus non-magnet hospitals. The data shows that prior to achieving Magnet designation hospitals increase the percentage of RNs with BSNs and national certifications. After recognition, they increase the total nursing hours per patient day, as well as the proportion of nursing hours supplied by RNs. Additional data reveals the two most important predictors in reducing patient falls are the total number of nursing hours provided by RNs and the percentage of those hours supplied by RNs. Stierle and Patton will be among the conference's distinguished speakers. They are joined by Nancy Dunton PhD, the Director of the NDNQI and Research Associate Professor in the University of Kansas School of Nursing. The keynote speakers will be Janet Corrigan PhD, MBA who serves as the President and CEO of the National Quality Forum, Erik Wahl, a noted artist and public speaker, and President of The Wahl Group, a business consulting firm and Dr. Norma Lang, Distinguished Professor of the University of Wisconsin. # # # # # #
January 24, 2007
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Mary McNamara, 301-628-5198
Mary Stewart, 301-628-5038
The American Nurses Association Hosts the First Ever Conference on the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators
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