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Quality of Nursing Care
 

June H Larrabee
PhD. RN
Professor, WVU School of Nursing and Clinical Investigator, WVU Hospitals
West Virginia University

 


A theoretical model of quality, based on an organismic worldview, provides a framework for understanding health care quality. This retroductively developed model incorporates ethical and economic concepts: value, beneficence, prudence, and justice. The model supports viewing patients and families as equal partners with providers in defining, evaluating, and achieving health care quality. Further model development can generate mid-range theories useful for improving quality in an ethical and economic manner.
 
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Selected Publications:

 

Model of Quality

1.         Larrabee, J.H., Emerging model of quality. Image - Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 1996. 28(4): p. 353-8.

2.         Larrabee, J.H., J.A. Ferri, and M.T. Hartig, Patient satisfaction with nurse practitioner care in primary care. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 1997. 11(5): p. 9-14.

3.         Boldreghini, S. and J.H. Larrabee, Difference in nursing documentation before and after computerization: A pilot study. On-Line Journal of Nursing Informatics, 1998. 2(1).

4.         Hunter, M.A. and J.H. Larrabee, Women's perceptions of quality and benefits of postpartum care. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 1998. 13(2): p. 21-30.

5.         Larrabee, J.H., L.V. Bolden, and M.R. Knight, The lived experience of patient prudence in health care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1998. 28(4): p. 802-8.

6.         French, K.S. and J.H. Larrabee, Relationships Among Educational Material Readability, Client Literacy, Perceived Beneficence and Perceived Quality. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 1999. 13(6): p. 68-82.

7.         Larrabee, J.H. and L.V. Bolden, Defining patient-perceived quality of nursing care. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 2001. 16(1): p. 34-60; quiz 74-5.

8.         Larrabee, J.H., et al., Evaluation of documentation before and after implementation of a nursing information system in an acute care hospital. Computers in Nursing, 2001. 19(2): p. 56-65; quiz 66-8.

 

Model for Evidence-Based Practice Change

9.         Rosswurm, M.A. and J.H. Larrabee, A model for change to evidence-based practice. Image - Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 1999. 31(4): p. 317-322.

10.       St. Clair, K. and J.H. Larrabee, Clean vs. Sterile Gloves: Which to Use for Postoperative Dressing Changes? Outcomes Management, 2002. 6(1): p. 17-21.

11.       Larrabee, J.H., Advancing quality improvement through using the best evidence to change practice. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 2004. 19(1): p. 10-13.

12.       Larrabee, J.H., Achieving outcomes in a joint-appointment role. Outcomes Management for Nursing Practice, 2001. 5(2): p. 52-56.

13.       Maramba, P.J., et al., Discharge planning process: applying a model for evidence-based practice. J Nurs Care Qual, 2004. 19(2): p. 123-9.


Quality of care

14.       Larrabee, J.H., et al., Predictors of Patient Satisfaction with Inpatient Hospital Nursing Care. Research in Nursing & Health, 2004. 27: p. 254-268.

15.       Simoni, P.S., et al., Influence of interpretive styles of stress resiliency on registered nurse empowerment. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 2004. 28(3): p. 221-4.

16.       Iaquinta, M.L. and J.H. Larrabee, Phenomenological lived experience of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 2004. 19(3): p. 280-289.

17.       Rosswurm, M.A., J.H. Larrabee, and B.L. Nunley, Improving geriatric care knowledge, competency, and resourcefulness of home care nurses and aides. Home Healthcare Nurse, 2003. 21(5): p. 300-6.

18.       Larrabee, J.H., et al., Predictors of registered nurse job satisfaction and intent to leave. Journal of Nursing Administration, 2003. 33(5): p. 271-283.

19.       Sawyer, L.M., et al., Expanding American Nurses Association nursing quality indicators to community-based practices. Outcomes Management, 2002. 6(2): p. 53-61.

20.       Rosswurm, M.A., J.H. Larrabee, and J. Zhang, Training family caregivers of dependent elderly adults through on-site and telecommunications programs. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 2002. 28(7): p. 27-38.

21.       Larrabee, J.H., U.S. health care revolution: cost and quality challenges. International Journal of Quality Science, 1996. 1(2): p. 26-39.

22.       Beck, K.L. and J.H. Larrabee, Measuring patients' perceptions of nursing care. Nurs Manage, 1996. 27(9): p. 32B-D.

23.       Larrabee, J.H., V.F. Engle, and E.A. Tolley, Predictors of patient-perceived quality. Scand J Caring Sci, 1995. 9(3): p. 153-64.

24.       Larrabee, J.H., The changing role of the consumer in health care quality. J Nurs Care Qual, 1995. 9(2): p. 8-15.

25.       Beck, K.L. and J.H. Larrabee, A simultaneous analysis of nursing care quality and cost. J Nurs Care Qual, 1995. 9(4): p. 63-71.

26.       Rogers, K.C., J.H. Larrabee, and M.R. Knight, PROSTAR: a recognition and reward program for empowering nurses to improve quality. J Nurs Care Qual, 1992. 6(2): p. 1-8.

27.       Larrabee, J.H., et al., Developing and implementing computer-generated nursing care plans. J Nurs Care Qual, 1992. 6(2): p. 56-62.

28.       Ruckstuhl, M.C., et al., Patient falls: an outcome indicator. J Nurs Care Qual, 1991. 6(1): p. 25-9.    

29.       Larrabee, J.H., et al., Interdisciplinary monitoring of medication errors in a nursing quality assurance program. J Nurs Qual Assur, 1991. 5(4): p. 69-7

   

 

 

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