National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI)
Saint Francis Hospital participates as a member of the
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI). It
is a proprietary database of the American Nurses
Association which collects and evaluates unit-specific
nurse-sensitive data from hospitals in the United States.
There are over 900 hospitals participating in the database.
Approximately 20 percent are Magnet status facilities.
Participating facilities receive unit-level comparative
data reports to use for quality improvement purposes. The
database provides measurement and comparison regarding
nursing sensitive outcomes such as pressure ulcers and
falls.
Saint Francis Hospital has used data comparison for
benchmarking skill mix, and nurse sensitive outcomes. Saint
Francis Hospital performed well compared to the national
mean in nurse sensitive outcomes for facility acquired
pressure ulcers and moderate to severe injury rates for
falls.
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