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Nursing Forum 2 Luncheon
Benchmarking for CRRT: Which Parameters Should We Use?
Educational Objectives:
1. State the importance of establishing benchmarks for acute RRT.
2. Identify three domains of nurse sensitive indicators
3. Identify three indicators to establish benchmarking data.
Eileen Lischer MA, BSN, RN, CNN
Thursday, February 16
Content Description:
Establishing benchmarks for acute renal replacement therapy is necessary to establish best practice, advance the
quality of care and improve patient outcomes. Additional benefits may be to the institution in providing more
cost effective care. This luncheon presentation will review the history of benchmarking, identify current initiatives
in acute care and provide an interactive discussion to identify areas in acute RRT that need prioritizing.
Suggested Reading:
1. Brown DS, Donaldson N, Aydin CE, & Carlson N. (2001). Hospital nursing benchmarks: The California nursing outcomes
coalition project. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 23(4), 22-29
Describes the origins of CalNOC <strong>from</strong> planning through research and partnerships. A potential source for thinking about
how to build benchmarking. See also: CalNOC.org
2. Kardooni S, et al. (2008). Hazards of benchmarking complications with the National Trauma Data Bank: Numerators in
search of denominators. Journal of Trauma,64(2), 277-279.
Things to think about when creating a benchmark: defining categories and the “need for conscientious selection of numerators
and denominators.”
3. National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators. NDNQI: Transforming data into quality care. Accessed Dec 13, 2011
https://www.nursingquality.org/
ANA proprietary database of nursing-sensitive quality indicators that produces unit-level reports for quality improvement.
4. Patrician PA, Loan L, McCarthy M, Brosch LR, & Davey KS. (2010). Towards evidence-based management: Creating an
informative database of nursing-sensitive indicators. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 42(4), 358-366
Describes creation of MilNOD – a database of nursing-sensitive indicators for the Military Nursing Outcomes Database –
and the routine collection and reporting of data.
Maureen Craig MSN, RN, CNN
Educational Objectives:
1. Explore patient measures as benchmarks or quality of a CRRT/SLEDD program.
2. Identify nurse sensitive quality indicators as benchmarks for a CRRT /SLEDD program.
Content Description:
Benchmarking is the meaningful comparison of individual program performance metrics to best practices in a
particular industry. Benchmarks within CRRT/ SLEDD programs are forming as individual programs expand
continous quality improvement programs. We will explore some of the patient measures and nursing quality
indicators associated with CRRT/SLEDD programs. We will look at narrowing the focus and look to launch a
national database for all intersted CRRT/SLEDD programs to participate in establishing benchmarks.
Suggested Reading:
Aydin, C.E., Burnes Bolton, L., Donaldson, N., Brown, D., Mukerji, A. (2008). Beyond nursing quality measurement: The
nation’s first regional nursing virtual dashboard. In Henriksen, K., Battles, J.B., Keyes, M.A., Grady, M.L., Eds. Advances
in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, Vol. I Assessment. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0034-1.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2008, 217-234.
Craig, M. (2008). Slow extended daily dialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy. In C. Counts (Ed.), Core
Curriculum for Nephrology Nursing (5th ed.), (pp.231-278). Pitman, NJ: American Nephrology Nursing Association.
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