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C D Pollack

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PubMed1994

Planning for success: the first steps in new program development.

New program development can be an exciting endeavor when the outcomes are successful. The opportunities for success are increased when an initial four-step planning process is emphasized prior to implementing specific programmatic efforts. This four-step process is called the "pre-start up plan." Included are: mission statement clarification, a stakeholder analysis, problem identification, and a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. None of this is difficult to accomplish, and it provides important input to the design of a successful new program.

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Data as textbook.

Hospital information systems have been collecting patient-related data systematically for years. This article describes a course developed at the Yale University School of Nursing that uses hospital data as "textbook" to teach graduate nursing students to navigate a large hospital data set, enabling a multitude of nursing questions to be addressed. The approach used in this course is easily transferrable to the practice setting as demonstrated by the authors. Through understanding patient-level data, their aggregate patterns, and overall database construction, nurses can expand their contributions to clinical practice and management.

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Potential use of small area variations analysis in nursing outcomes research.

Small area variations analysis (SAVA) is a method for measuring and analyzing differences in clinical practice and service utilization across small geographic areas. To date, nursing has not adopted a SAVA approach in patient outcomes studies. A discussion is offered of the conceptual and methodological considerations confronting researchers and outcomes managers who wish to conduct a small area variations analysis followed by examples and suggestions for incorporating SAVA into nursing practice.

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