Nursing Quality Indicators for Reporting and Evaluation (NQuIRE) is the first international quality improvement initiative of its kind consisting of a database of quality indicators derived from recommendations within RNAO’s clinical Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs).
NQuIRE collects, analyzes and reports comparative data on nursing-sensitive indicators reflecting the structure, process and outcomes of care arising from BPG implementation in organizations participating in RNAO’s Best Practice Spotlight Organization® (BPSO®) designation. These health-care organizations, which exist across Canada, the US, Spain, Chile, Colombia, and Australia, will be able to use NQuIRE data to link evidence-informed nursing practice with quality-of-care outcomes.
Why Is NQuIRE Important?
The utilization of NQuIRE will provide a number of benefits for patients, nurses, organizations and health systems, including:
- BPSO®-validated and endorsed nursing-sensitive indicators;
- Comparative reporting within the BPSO® program for specific clinical populations, health sectors, organizations, and geographic regions, as well as meaningful data sharing and benchmarking
- NQuIRE data will inform where and how RNAO’s BPGs are enhancing nursing practice and patient outcomes, as well as organizational and health system performance, for evidence-based decision making
- Research opportunities to use NQuIRE to test nursing-sensitive indicators, develop/refine reliable and valid measurement tools, and identify trends in nursing practice, patient/organizational/system outcomes.
For more information about NQuIRE, and for BPSO site log-in, please go to http://nquire.rnao.ca/
Get more information about the Best Practice Spotlight Organizations (BPSO).
Related Files:
NQuIRE Communique to BPSOs – July, 2012
NQuIRE Communique to BPSOs – November, 2012
Publications:
Measuring Outcomes of Nursing Care, Improving the Health of Canadians: NNQR (C), C-HOBIC and NQuIRE
NQuIRE: Capturing the Value of Evidence-Based Nursing Care in Quality Improvement
NQuIRE and Evidence-Based Nursing Order Sets: Translating RNAO BPGs into Quality Patient Outcomes
