Table 1.
Comparison of indicators from this scoping review and those of Dubois et al. [15].
| Indicators | Indicators | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoping review | Dubois et al. [15] | |||
| (n ∗ = 319) | (n = 444) | |||
| n | % | n | % | |
| Acquiring, deploying, and maintaining resources | ||||
| Nursing staff supply | ||||
| Quantity | 7 | 2.2 | 17 | 3.8 |
| Types | 14 | 4.4 | 18 | 4.1 |
| Skill mix | 9 | 2.8 | 18 | 4.1 |
| Patient profiles | 2 | 0.6 | 12 | 2.7 |
| Management of working conditions | ||||
| Physical, material, and technological resources | 7 | 2.2 | 10 | 2.3 |
| Employment conditions | 6 | 1.9 | 13 | 2.9 |
| Nursing staff maintenance | ||||
| Health and quality of life at work | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Satisfaction with working conditions | 5 | 1.6 | 9 | 2.0 |
| Retention | 4 | 1.3 | 9 | 2.0 |
| Absenteeism | 3 | 0.9 | 6 | 1.4 |
| Economic sustainability | ||||
| Costs | 6 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Costs per visit | 1 | 0.3 | 11 | 2.5 |
| Total: acquiring, deploying, and maintaining resources | 65 | 20.4 | 128 | 28.8 |
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| Transforming resources into services | ||||
| Nursing processes | 3 | 0.9 | NA | NA |
| Assessment, planning, and evaluation | 14 | 4.4 | 9 | 2.0 |
| Management of problems and symptoms | 14 | 4.4 | 13 | 2.9 |
| Promotion/prevention | 17 | 5.3 | 7 | 1.6 |
| Hospital-community integration | 6 | 1.9 | 4 | 0.9 |
| Scope of practice | 2 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Nurse-patient interaction | 4 | 1.3 | NA | NA |
| Patient experience | 4 | 1.3 | NA | NA |
| Continuity | 11 | 3.4 | 8 | 1.8 |
| Patient/family involvement | 12 | 3.8 | 13 | 2.9 |
| Responsiveness | 11 | 3.4 | 4 | 0.9 |
| Equity | 2 | 0.6 | NA | NA |
| Accessibility | 7 | 2.2 | NA | NA |
| Practice environment | 14 | 3.4 | 12 | 2.7 |
| Support to practice (e.g., guidelines and directives) | 6 | 1.9 | NA | NA |
| Professional satisfaction | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 1.1 |
| Total: transforming resources into services | 131 | 41.1 | 78 | 17.6 |
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| Producing changes in patients' conditions | ||||
| Risk outcomes and safety | 4 | 1.3 | NA | NA |
| Falls | 4 | 1.3 | 17 | 3.8 |
| Injuries | 3 | 0.9 | 6 | 1.4 |
| Medication management: errors | 4 | 1.3 | 14 | 3.2 |
| Pulmonary infections | 2 | 0.6 | 5 | 1.1 |
| Pressure ulcers/skin integrity | 4 | 1.3 | 17 | 3.8 |
| Urinary infections | 2 | 0.6 | 6 | 1.4 |
| Intravenous infections | — | — | 7 | 1.6 |
| Abuses | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Nosocomial infections | 1 | 0.3 | 12 | 2.7 |
| Failure to rescue | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.9 |
| Patient comfort and quality of life | ||||
| Hygiene | 2 | 0.6 | 4 | 0.9 |
| Physical and chemical restraints | — | — | 8 | 1.8 |
| Management of symptoms | 11 | 3.4 | 22 | 5.0 |
| Incontinence | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 1.1 |
| Comfort and quality of life | 6 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Patient empowerment | ||||
| Ability to achieve appropriate self-care | 13 | 4.1 | 11 | 2.5 |
| Adoption of health-promoting behaviours | 8 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Patient functional status | 2 | 0.6 | NA | NA |
| Physical functional capacity | 8 | 2.5 | 17 | 3.8 |
| Cognitive and psychosocial functional capacity | 7 | 2.2 | 15 | 3.4 |
| Functional capacity | 5 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Recovery of initial health status | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Nutritional status | 3 | 0.9 | 6 | 1.4 |
| Patient satisfaction/complaints | 13 | 4.1 | 17 | 3.8 |
| Joint contribution of nursing and other systems | ||||
| Health status | 7 | 2.2 | NA | NA |
| Readmission | 4 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.4 |
| Length of stay | — | — | 9 | 2.0 |
| Complications | 2 | 0.6 | 7 | 1.6 |
| Mortality | 1 | 0.3 | 9 | 2.0 |
| Total: producing changes in patients' conditions | 123 | 38.6 | 238 | 53.6 |
∗Total number of indicators in the 22 documents selected.