Written by expert practitioners, educators, and researchers, this fourth edition continues to analyze the foundations of outcome assessment, provide guidelines for selecting assessment instruments and measuring results, discuss design and implementation challenges in outcome assessment, and provide an unequaled wellspring of information that will help nurses increase their skill level and enhance their professional practice role.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Foreword Stanik–Hutt, Julie PhD, CRNP, CCNS, FAANP, FAAN
• Preface
• 1. Measuring Outcomes in Advanced Practice Nursing: Practice-Specific Quality Metrics April N. Kapu, Corinna Sicoutris, Britney S. Broyhill, D'Agostino Rhonda, and Ruth M. Kleinpell
• 2. Analyzing Economic Outcomes in Advanced Practice Nursing Kevin D. Frick, Catherine C. Cohen, and Stone Patricia W.
• 3. Selecting Advanced Practice Nursing Outcome Measures Beth D. Quatrara and Katherine DaleShaw
• 4. General Design and Implementation Challenges in Outcome Assessment Ann F. Minnick
• 5. Locating Instruments and Measures for Advanced Practice Nursing Outcome Assessments Marilyn Wolf Schwartz and Green Roger
• 6. Measuring Outcomes in Cardiovascular Advanced Practice Nursing Anna McCloy Gawlinski, Kathy Erickson, Virginia Vandenbogaart Elizabeth, and Dermenchyan Anna
• 7. Ambulatory Nurse Practitioner Outcomes Mary Jo Goolsby
• 8. Assessing Outcomes in Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice Judy Elisa Davidson, Melissa A. Morse, Cassia Yi, and Mary C. Hellyar
• 9. Outcome Measurement in Nurse-Midwifery Practice Julie Marfell
• 10. Outcome Assessment in Nurse Anesthesia Michael J. Kremer and Margaret Faut Callahan
• 11. Measuring Outcomes of Doctor of Nursing Practice Marguerite J. Murphy, Kathy S. Magdic, and Terri L. Allison
• 12. Resources to Facilitate Advanced Practice Nursing Outcome Research Denise Bryant-Lukosius, Ruth Martin-Misener, Joan Tranmer, Faith Donald, Linda Brousseau, and Alba DiCenso